Alexandre Linhares于1998 提出了一种新的仿生计算方法,即捕食搜索算法。捕食搜索策略很好地协调了局部搜索和全局搜索之间的转换，已成功应用于组合优化领域的旅行商问题和超大规模集成电路设计问题。-The predatory search strategy consists of scanning the solution space in a straightforward manner, but, as each new optima is found, restricting the consequent search to a very small area, probing for a consecutive optimization within the boundaries of that area.