%0 Journal Article %T Meta-Heuristics Algorithms based on the Grouping of Animals by Social Behavior for the Traveling Salesman Problem %A Jorge A. Ruiz-Vanoye %A Ocotl芍n D赤az-Parra %A Felipe Coc車n %A Andr谷s Soto %J International Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics %D 2012 %I International Journal of Combinatorial Optimization Problems and Informatics %X In this paper, we show a survey of meta-heuristics algorithms based on grouping of animals by social behavior for the Traveling Salesman Problem, and propose a new classification of meta-heuristics algorithms (not based on swarm intelligence theory) based on grouping of animals: swarm algorithms, schools algorithms, flocks algorithms and herds algorithms: a) The swarm algorithms (inspired by the insect swarms and zooplankton swarms): Ant Colony Optimization algorithm 每 ACO (inspired by the research on the behavior of ant colonies), Firefly Algorithm (based on fireflies), Marriage in Honey Bees Optimization Algorithm - MBO algorithm (inspired by the Honey Bee), Wasp Swarm Algorithm (inspired on the Parasitic wasps), Termite Algorithm (inspired by the termites), Mosquito swarms Algorithm 每 MSA (inspired by mosquito swarms), zooplankton swarms Algorithm - ZSA (inspired by the Zooplankton) and Bumblebees Swarms Algorithm 每 BSA (inspired by Bumblebees). b) The school algorithms (inspired by the fish schools): The Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm 每 PSO (inspired by social behavior and movement dynamics of fish or schooling). c) The flock algorithms (inspired by the bird flocks): the flocking algorithm, and the Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm (inspired on the dynamics of the birds), d) The herd and pack Algorithms (inspired by the mammal herds and packs): bat algorithm (inspired by bat), wolf pack search algorithm - WPS (inspired by wolfs), Rats herds algorithm - RATHA (inspired by Rats), Dolphins Herds Algorithm - DHA (inspired by Dolphins) and the feral-dogs herd algorithm - FDHA (inspired by feral-dogs herd). %K Traveling Salesman Problem %K swarms Algorithms %K schools algorithms %K flocks algorithms %K herds algorithms %K pack algorithms %K insect swarms %K zooplankton swarms %K fish school %K bird flocks %K mammal herds %K mammal packs. %U http://ijcopi.org/ojs/index.php?journal=ijcopi&page=article&op=view&path%5B%5D=111&path%5B%5D=164