Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm with Quorum Sensing Mechanism

Quorum sensing is widely distributed in bacteria and make bacteria are similar to complex adaptive systems, with intelligent features such as emerging and non-linear, the ultimate expression of the adaptive to changes in the environment. Based on the phenomenon of bacterial quorum sensing and Bacterial Foraging Optimization Algorithm, some new optimization algorithms have been proposed. In this paper, it presents research situations, such as environment-dependent quorum sensing mechanism, quorum sensing mechanism with quantum behavior, cell-to-cell communication, multi-colony communication, density perception mechanism. Areas of future emphasis and direction in development were also pointed out.