Web Page Interface Optimization Based on Nature-Inspired Algorithms

Sergey Sakulin, Alexander Alfimtsev, Dmitry Solovyev, Dmitry Sokolov
2018 International Journal of Swarm Intelligence Research  
This article describes how the conversion rate of a web page depends on the interface usability degree.Optimizationofexistinginterfacesasthematterofimprovingtheirusabilityfacesanumber ofdifficulties.Inthefirstplace,theunifiedobjectivefunctionselectionmethodforsuchoptimization isnotsetup;thatisresultinginnecessityofqualifiedexperts'participationforitsimplementation.In thesecondplace,thecorrespondingoptimizationproblemwillhaveahighdimension,whichmakes
more » ... eproblemsolution.Nature-inspiredalgorithms haveundeniableadvantagesincomparisonwithclassicaloptimizationalgorithmsforsolvinghighdimensional problems, such as for example the optimization of web interfaces by their usability criterion. In this article, new web page interface optimization methods based on nature-inspired algorithmsareproposed.Inparticular,geneticalgorithms(GAs),artificialbeecolonyalgorithms (ABC),andchargedsystemsearchalgorithms(CSSs)wereanalyzed.Theconductedexperiments revealed the advantages of these algorithms for posed problem solutions and showed research prospectsinthisdirection.
doi:10.4018/ijsir.2018040103 fatcat:twwdm2dgg5g3dkkdyvzg3iw3re