In this work, a new metaheuristic, Electric Charged Particles Optimization (ECPO) algorithm, is developed. This algorithm is inspired by the interaction (forces exerted) between electric charged particles. In this algorithm not all the particles interact with each other, only selected ones. Then the way they interact with each other is defined by the selected strategy among the three available strategies. Therefore, there are several combinations possible between the number of interacting particles and strategies to find the most suitable one for the problem in hand which will help the algorithm to solve a wide range of optimization problems.
ECPO is a very competitive optimization algorithm.