Abstract
Nowadays, there is an increasing attention on novel metaheuristics and their applications in different problems of science and engineering. A new efficient optimization method, called the League Championship Algorithm (LCA) is applied in this paper for the optimal design of electromagnetic devices. This method is inspired by the competition of sport teams in an artificial sport league for several weeks and over a number of seasons. The performance of the proposed algorithm is tested against two benchmark problems: the magnetizer and the outrunner-type brushless DC motor. The obtained results show that the LCA is an efficient and competitive algorithm for constructing optimal design of electromagnetic devices.