Affiliations: [a] Department of Electrical Engineering, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran
| [b] Young Researchers and Elite Club, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran
| [c] Department of Computer Engineering, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran
| [d] Department of Mathematic, Yasooj Branch, Islamic Azad University, Yasooj, Iran
| [e] Department of Computer Engineering, Nourabad Mamasani Branch, Islamic Azad University, Nourabad Mamasani, Iran
| [f] Young Researchers and Elite Club, Nourabad Mamasani Branch, Islamic Azad University, Nourabad Mamasani, Iran
Abstract: Nature is a huge source of inspiration for solving difficult and complex problems in science. Nature-based problem solvers always find an optimal solution (whether local or global) to any given problem; so they are sometimes considered as black-box problem solvers. Meta-heuristic algorithms that are inspired by nature (through imitating the nature) have opened a new approach to solving optimization problems. In the past decades, numerous research efforts have been focused in this specific area. In this paper, an optimization algorithm inspired by the nature has been introduced which is modeled from the behavior of the chicks of a type of bird called see-see partridge. We name the algorithm SSPCO. SSPCO optimization algorithm is an algorithm similar to the algorithm of particle swarm optimization (PSO) that the motion equation and the variables’ velocity are modeled from the behavior of this type of bird. Simulation of the algorithm was done with MATLAB software and the results of the 6 primary known algorithms and 8 advanced ones were compared with 14 unconstrained continuous functions. The results indicate that the proposed algorithm is an efficient algorithm comparing the others.
