Practical observations on the use of Shuffled Complex Evolution (SCE) algorithm for kinetic parameters estimation in pyrolysis modeling

Three strategies of choosing the search space when having no information about initial parameter values (no qualified guess or estimate of initial parameter values) in case of decomposition patterns that cannot be described by a single effective reaction are discussed. Using the synthetic test problem SCE was highly successful in all three case studies independent of the search space size and overlapping its boundaries. Applied to the real world material, strong compensation effect between parameters was observed. SCE however proved to be capable of providing satisfactory solution for highly challenging blind search.