articleMathematical Problems in EngineeringJan 1, 2015HYBRID OA

A Comprehensive Survey on Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm and Its Applications

Nanjing Normal University · Nanjing University

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Abstract

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a heuristic global optimization method, proposed originally by Kennedy and Eberhart in 1995. It is now one of the most commonly used optimization techniques. This survey presented a comprehensive investigation of PSO. On one hand, we provided advances with PSO, including its modifications (including quantum-behaved PSO, bare-bones PSO, chaotic PSO, and fuzzy PSO), population topology (as fully connected, von Neumann, ring, star, random, etc.), hybridization (with genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, Tabu search, artificial immune system, ant colony algorithm, artificial bee colony, differential evolution, harmonic search, and biogeography-based optimization), extensions…

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Keywords
  • Particle swarm optimization
  • Metaheuristic
  • Mathematical optimization
  • Tabu search
  • Computer science
  • Multi-swarm optimization
  • Simulated annealing
  • Meta-optimization
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