Research Area: Metaheuristic Computing
Nowadays, the design of optimization algorithms is very popular to solve problems in various scientific fields. The optimization algorithms usually inspired by the natural behaviour of an agent, which can be humans, animals, plants, or a physical or chemical agent. Most of the algorithms proposed in the last decade inspired by animal behaviour. In this article, we present a new algorithm called the wild horse optimizer (WHO), which is inspired by the social life behaviour of wild horses. Horses usually live in groups that include a stallion and several mares and foals. Horses exhibit many behaviours, such as grazing, chasing, dominating, leading, and mating. A fascinating behaviour that distinguishes horses from other animals is the decency of horses. Horse decency behaviour is such that the foals of the horse leave the group before reaching puberty and join other groups. This departure is to prevent the father from mating with the daughter or siblings. The main inspiration for the proposed algorithm is the decency behaviour of the horse. The proposed algorithm was tested on several sets of test functions such as CEC2017 and CEC2019 and compared with popular and new optimization methods. The results showed that the proposed algorithm presented very competitive results compared to other algorithms.
Keywords:
optimization algorithm
natural behaviour
physical agent
chemical agent
grazing
chasing
dominating
leading
mating
Author(s) Name: Iraj Naruei & Farshid Keynia
Journal name: Engineering with Computers
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Publisher name: Springer
DOI: 10.1007/s00366-021-01438-z
Volume Information: 38, pages 3025–3056
