title: A seed-based plant propagation algorithm: the feeding station model.
abstract: The seasonal production of fruit and seeds is akin to opening a feeding station, such as a restaurant. Agents coming to feed on the fruit are like customers attending the restaurant; they arrive at a certain rate and get served at a certain rate following some appropriate processes. The same applies to birds and animals visiting and feeding on ripe fruit produced by plants such as the strawberry plant. This phenomenon underpins the seed dispersion of the plants. Modelling it as a queuing process results in a seed-based search/optimisation algorithm. This variant of the Plant Propagation Algorithm is described, analysed, tested on nontrivial problems, and compared with well established algorithms. The results are included.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK ; Department of Mathematics, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-4040-6211
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sulaiman
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Essex, Colchester CO4 3SQ, UK.
authors.forename: Abdellah
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Salhi
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000818:Animals; D001717:Birds / Q000502:physiology; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D031985:Fragaria / Q000254:growth & development; D005638:Fruit; D008954:Models, Biological; D058614:Seed Dispersal; D012639:Seeds
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