Title: One-position inheritance based cuckoo search algorithm

Authors: Lijin Wang; Yiwen Zhong

Addresses: College of Computer and Information Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China ' College of Computer and Information Science, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, Fuzhou, China

Abstract: In this study, we extend cuckoo search algorithm that incorporates one-position inheritance mechanism, called OPICS. After searching for new solutions in Lévy flights random walk, OPICS employs one-position inheritance mechanism to ensure that these new solutions learn one-dimensional information from the random solution. Learning extra information can help these new solutions escaping from a local optimum. Moreover, the one-position inheritance mechanism helps the best solution participate in searching for a new solution. Extensive experiments, which are carried on 28 benchmark functions with different properties, demonstrate the improvement in effectiveness and efficiency of OPICS.

Keywords: cuckoo search algorithm; one-position inheritance; one dimension learning; nature-inspired algorithms; function optimisation; random walk.

DOI: 10.1504/IJCSM.2015.073599

International Journal of Computing Science and Mathematics, 2015 Vol.6 No.6, pp.546 - 554

Received: 27 Jun 2015
Accepted: 10 Aug 2015
Published online: 13 Dec 2015 *

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