This is probably the most novel model of design theory that I have
ever run across!
"The algorithm is based on the behavior of the female cuckoo bird,
which lays fertilized eggs in the nest of another species with hopes
that her brood would be raised by the surrogate parents. Yang and Deb
created a mathematical formula for the principles of the cuckoo bird's
reproduction strategy, and then converted them to an algorithm. The
software is designed to treat the various design parameters and
constraints as "eggs," discard some due to a lack of fitness, and then
send the successful solutions along for additional rounds of tests
until it finds the optimal solution. Although tests showed the cuckoo
search technique was more efficient than particle swarm optimization,
the researchers believe they could be combined to produce an even more
powerful approach to engineering design."
Novel 'Cuckoo Search Algorithm' Beats Particle Swarm Optimization in
Engineering Design ScienceDaily (May 28, 2010)
Chuck
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