Optimization with the Nature-Inspired Intelligent Water Drops Algorithm
Hamed Shah Hosseini · Evolutionary Computation · 2009
Four different problems are used to test the IWD algorithm: the TSP (Travelling Salesman Problem), the n-queen puzzle, the MKP (Multidimensional Knapsack Problem), and the AMT (Automatic Multilevel Thresholding). The experiments indicate that the IWD algorithm is capable to find optimal or near optimal solutions. However, there is an open space for modifications in the standard IWD algorithm, embedding other mechanisms that exist in natural rivers, inventing better local heuristics that fit better with the given problem,