Dynamic Lévy–Brownian marine predator algorithm for photovoltaic model parameters optimization

The dynamic and multimodal nature of photovoltaic (PV) systems makes it challenging to examine all solar photovoltaic characteristics. Consequently, this study recommends a recently developed optimization method called the marine predator algorithm (MPA) for developing reliable PV models. In the traditional MPA, the two main search processes are Lévy flight (LF) and Brownian walk (BW), and the switch across them is unpredictable. This is while the transition between these two mechanisms is naturally continuous and dynamic. To rectify the limitation mentioned above, this research paper presents an innovative, dynamic shift function that effectively modulates the interplay that exists between the BW and LF procedures. By enhancing the changeover pattern between the primary phases of MPA, the suggested dynamic walk substantially boosts the performance of MPA. The dynamic Lévy-Brownian MPA (DLBMPA) is also made to be resilient in dealing with the parameterization limitations of PV Modeling approaches by using a constraint handling technique. The performance of DLBMPA is tested using ten popular optimization methods. Employing the DLBMPA achieved an average RMSE of 9.7 × 10^{− 4} in the parameter estimation across a number of multiple PV models, including the SDM, DDM, and TDM, where out of the ten optimization algorithms experimented, this was statistically significant (p < 0.05) better. In terms of averaged computation time, DLBMPA was 13 ms and still showed high accuracy in dealing with different irradiance and temperature levels. These improvements allow for MBPA to be credited as having a high efficiency when estimating the PV parameters since its speed of convergence and accuracy level surpass the previous techniques used.