期刊名称：International Journal of Hybrid Information Technology
印刷版ISSN：1738-9968
出版年度：2014
卷号：7
期号：6
页码：83-100
DOI：10.14257/ijhit.2014.7.6.07
出版社：SERSC
摘要：Although meta-heuristic optimization algorithms have been used to solve many optimization problems, they still suffer from two main difficulties: What are the best parameters for a particular problem. How do we escape from the local optima. In this paper, a new, efficient meta-heuristic optimization algorithm inspired by wild dog packs is proposed. The main idea involves using three self-competitive parameters that are similar to the smell strength. The parameters are used to control the movement of the alpha dogs and, consequently, the movement of the whole pack. The rest of the pack is used to explore the neighboring area of the alpha dog, while the hoo procedure is used to escape from the local optima. The suggested method is applied to several unimodal and multimodal benchmark problems and is compared to five modern meta-heuristic algorithms. The experimental results show that the new algorithm outperforms other peer algorithms
