Nature-Inspired Optimization Algorithms

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Cuckoo Search

Abstract

Cuckoo search (CS) is one of the latest nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms, developed in 2009 by Xin-She Yang of Cambridge University and Suash Deb of C. V. Raman College of Engineering. CS is based on the brood parasitism of some cuckoo species. In addition, this algorithm is enhanced by the so-called Lévy flights rather than by simple isotropic random walks. Recent studies show that CS is potentially far more efficient than PSO, genetic algorithms, and other algorithms.

Keywords

Cuckoo search

Random walk

Lévy flights

Convergence

Discrete cuckoo search

Optimization

Cuckoo search (CS) is one of the latest nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithms, developed in 2009 by Xin-She Yang of Cambridge University and ...