8 Wolf-Based Search Algorithms
8.1 Wolf search algorithm (WSA)
WSA is a new bio-inspired heuristic optimization algorithm that imitates the way wolves
search for food and survive by avoiding their enemies. The WSA was proposed by Rui
Tang et al. [1].
8.1.1 Wolves in nature
Wolves are social predators that hunt in packs. Wolves typically commute as a nuclear
family. They remain silent and use stealth when hunting prey together and have devel-
oped unique, semi-cooperative characteristics; that is, they move in a group in a loosely
coupled formation, but tend to take down prey individually [1]. WSA naturally balances
scouting the problem space in random groups (breadth) and searching for the solution
individually (depth).
When hunting, wolves simultaneously ...