# A Seed-based Plant Propagation Algorithm: The Feeding Station Model

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1412.4292 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1412.4292/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 13 Dec 2014.

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- [A 2020 taxonomy of algorithms inspired on living beings behavior](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2106.04775/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

The seasonal production of fruit and seeds resembles opening a feeding station, such as a restaurant agents/ customers will arrive at a certain rate and pick fruit (get served) at a certain rate following some appropriate processes. Therefore, dispersion follows the resource process. Modelling this process results in a search/optimisation algorithm that used dispersion as an exploration tool that, if well captured, will find the optimum of a function over a given search space. This paper presents such an algorithm and tests it on non-trivial problems.