This book presents a new meta-heuristic algorithm, inspired by the self-defense mechanisms of plants in nature. Numerous published works have demonstrated the various self-defense mechanisms (survival strategies) plants use to protect themselves against predatory organisms, such as herbivorous insects. The proposed algorithm is based on the predatorprey mathematical model originally proposed by Lotka and Volterra, consisting of two nonlinear first-order differential equations, which allow the growth of two interacting populations (prey and predator) to be modeled. The proposed meta-heuristic is able to produce excellent results in several sets of benchmark optimization problems. Further, fuzzy logic is used for dynamic parameter adaptation in the algorithm.

Presents a new meta-heuristic optimization algorithm, inspired by plant self-defense mechanisms in nature Based on the predatorprey mathematical model by Lotka and Volterra Written by experts in the field

Inhalt
Introduction.- Theory and Background.- Self-defense of the Plants.- Predator-prey mode.- Proposed Method.- Case studies.- Conclusions.