Electrostatic discharge algorithm: a novel nature‐inspired optimisation algorithm and its application to worst‐case tolerance analysis of an EMC filter

Because of their several advantages like simplicity, flexibility and adaptability, nature‐inspired (NI) optimisation algorithms have attracted significant attention for solving complex optimisation problems. Source of inspiration for NI are multiple. This study aims to propose a new NI optimisation algorithm inspired by the electrostatic discharge (ESD) event. Tested on a large set of benchmarks and compared with several well‐known optimisation algorithms the ESD algorithm (ESDA) is found to be a very competitive algorithm. Moreover, the ESDA has been applied for the determination of wort‐case scenarios for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) filter.