Symbiotic Organisms Search: A new metaheuristic optimization algorithm

• Published in: Computers & structures Vol. 139; pp. 98 - 112
• Main Authors: Cheng, Min-Yuan, Prayogo, Doddy
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.07.2014
• Subjects: Algorithms; Computer simulation; Heuristic methods; Mathematical models; Metaheuristic; Optimization; Organisms; Searching; Strategy; Structural design problems; Symbiotic interaction; Symbiotic Organisms Search; Metaheuristic; Structural design problems; Symbiotic interaction; Optimization; Symbiotic Organisms Search

•A new SOS algorithm is introduced to solve engineering optimization.•Twenty-six mathematical problems and five engineering design problems are tested.•The results obtained by SOS are compared with other optimization methods.•Obtained results confirm the excellent performance of the SOS method. This...