An Adaptive Variational Mode Decomposition Technique with Differential Evolution Algorithm and Its Application Analysis

Abstract

Variational mode decomposition is an adaptive nonrecursive signal decomposition and time-frequency distribution estimation method. The improper selection of the decomposition number will cause under decomposition or over decomposition, and the improper selection of the penalty factor will affect the bandwidth of modal components, so it is very necessary to look for the optimal parameter combination of the decomposition number and the penalty factor of variational mode decomposition. Hence, differential evolution algorithm is used to look for the optimization combination of the decomposition number and the penalty factor of variational mode decomposition because differential evolution algorithm has a good ability at global searching. The method is called adaptive variational mode decomposition technique with differential evolution algorithm. Application analysis and discussion of the adaptive variational mode decomposition technique with differential evolution algorithm are employed by combining with the experiment. The conclusions of the experiment are that the decomposition performance of the adaptive variational mode decomposition technique with differential evolution algorithm is better than that of variational mode decomposition.