Abstract: Since Differential Evolution can not solve problems which are binary-coded in binary space，in order to overcome the drawback，a new Binary Differential Evolution （BDE） algorithm based on “the minority is subordinate to the majority” principle is proposed in this paper.The BDE algorithm is applied to eight commonly used benchmark functions and the experimental results show the effectiveness for the binary differential evolution in binary space.

摘要： 针对传统差异演化算法（Differential Evolution）无法求解采用二进制编码问题的缺点，通过引入“少数服从多数”原则，提出一种解决二进制编码问题的差异演化算法—二进制差异演化算法。5个测试函数和4个背包问题的仿真实验表明了文中提出算法在解决二进制编码问题上的有效性。