Bio-Inspired Optimization Algorithm Based on the Self-defense Mechanism in Plants

• Published in: Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing Vol. 9413; pp. 227 - 237
• Main Authors: Caraveo, Camilo, Valdez, Fevrier, Castillo, Oscar
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Springer International Publishing AG 2015; Springer International Publishing
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Computer vision; Health & safety aspects of computing; Mechanism; Plants; Predator prey model; Self-defense
• ISBN: 9783319270593; 3319270591
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-27060-9_18

In this paper the application of a new method of bio-inspired optimization based on the self-defense mechanism of plants is presented. Through time the planet has gone through changes, so plants have had to adapt to these changes and adopt new techniques to defend from natural predators (herbivores). Several works have shown that plants have mechanisms of self-defense to protect themselves from predators. When the plants detect the presence of invading organisms this triggers a series of chemical reactions that are released to air and attract natural predators of the invading organism [1, 9, 10]. For the development of this algorithm we consider as a main idea the predator prey mathematical model of Lotka and Volterra, where two populations are considered and the objective is to maintain a balance between the two populations.