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The Whale Optimization Algorithm
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Dr. Rajesh Kumar, PhD, PDF (NUS, Singapore)
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SMIEEE (USA), FIET (UK), FIETE, FIE (I), LMCSI, LMISTE
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Professor , Department of Electrical Engineering

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Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India,

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 About Whale

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• They are considered as the biggest mammals in the world.

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• An adult whale can grow up to 30 m long and 180 t weight.

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• Whales are mostly considered as predators.

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• They never sleep because they have to breathe from the surface

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of oceans. In fact, half of the brain only sleeps.

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• The interesting thing about the whales is that they are
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considered as highly intelligent animals with emotion.
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• According to Hof and Van Der Gucht, whales have common
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cells in certain areas of their brains similar to those of human

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called spindle cells.

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• These cells are responsible for judgment, emotions, and social

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Humpback Whale

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 Humpback Whales

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• The most interesting thing about the humpback whales is their

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special hunting method.

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• This foraging behavior is called bubble-net feeding method.

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• Humpback whales prefer to hunt school of krill or small fishes

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It has been observed that this foraging is done by creating
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distinctive bubbles along a circle or ‘9’-shaped.
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• They captured 300 tag-derived bubble-net feeding events of 9

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individual humpback whales.

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• They found two maneuvers associated with bubble and named

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them ‘upward-spirals’ and ‘double- loops’.

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Encircling Prey

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Encircling Prey

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Bubble Net Attacking Method
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• Shrinking Method

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• Spiral Updating Method
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Search for Prey

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Pseudo Code

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