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Explore the use of a Strength Pareto evolutionary algorithm for solar cars, optimizing multiple criteria like distance and battery usage. Results, challenges, and future considerations are discussed with a focus on efficiency and performance enhancement.
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Solar Car Strategy An evolutionary algorithm using the Strength Pareto approach Srinivas ‘jack’ Jakkidi
Overview • Solar car basics • Problem statement • Strength Pareto • Algorithm • Results • The road ahead
Solar Car basics • Solar array • Batteries • Aerodynamics • Rolling resistance • Efficiency losses • Resource starvation
Problem Statement • How fast to go through the day? • Maximize distance • Minimize battery usage • Use X% of the battery
Strengths Pareto • Multiple Criterion • Distance, battery usage • Pareto element: no individual travels farther AND uses less energy. • Pareto front: set of all Pareto elements. • Fitness: depends on the number of elements that the element ‘dominates’.
EA • Basic EA structure • Fitness using Pareto technique • Targeting: Scaling the fitness based on its distance from a target Target = end battery desired
Summary • Strength Pareto algorithm works well • Optimizes to less than 1% error • Problems • Targeting Vs. Lowering Battery usage • Computationally intensive
The road ahead • Weather, terrain, etc. • Solar car model • American Solar Challenge