Journal Article

A Bio-Inspired Method for Mathematical Optimization Inspired by Arachnida Salticidade

Choubey, Arvind, Ranjan, Prakash, Peraza-Vázquez, Hernán, Morales-Cepeda, Ana Beatriz, Barde, Chetan, Peña-Delgado, Adrián

2022

Overview

This paper proposes a new meta-heuristic called Jumping Spider Optimization Algorithm (JSOA), inspired by Arachnida Salticidae hunting habits. The proposed algorithm mimics the behavior of spiders in nature and mathematically models its hunting strategies: search, persecution, and jumping skills to get the prey. These strategies provide a fine balance between exploitation and exploration over the solution search space and solve global optimization problems. JSOA is tested with 20 well-known testbench mathematical problems taken from the literature. Further studies include the tuning of a Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller, the Selective harmonic elimination problem, and a few real-world single objective bound-constrained numerical optimization problems taken from CEC 2020. Additionally, the JSOA’s performance is tested against several well-known bio-inspired algorithms taken from the literature. The statistical results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms recent literature algorithms and is capable to solve challenging real-world problems with unknown search space.

• Publisher: MDPI AG
• Subject: Algorithms / bio-inspired algorithm / constrained optimization / Genetic algorithms / Global optimization / Heuristic methods / Hunting / Mathematical analysis / Mathematical models / Mathematics / meta-heuristics / Optimization algorithms / Pheromones / Population / Proportional integral derivative / Reptiles & amphibians / Searching / Spiders