Firefly optimization used to identify hysteresis parameter on rotational MR-damper

In his paper the physical properties and mathematical models of a semi-active magnetorheological (MR) damper is studied. The considered models are the Dahl model and Bouc-Wen model. The parameters for these models are found by using a firefly optimization algorithm that minimizes the difference between experimental and simulated data. The objective of his paper is to compare different mathematical MR-damper models with the experimental data. The simulation results illustrate he effectiveness of he proposed optimization algorithm.