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Particle Swarm Optimization

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The idea of the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) was inspired by the social behavior of big groups of animals, e.g., flocking and schooling patterns of birds and fish as suggested by Russell and Kennedy (1995).

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  • Jacob C, Khemka N (2004) Particle swarm optimization: an exploration kit for evolutionary optimization. In: Mitic P, Jacob C, Carne J (eds) New ideas in symbolic computation: proceedings of the sixth international mathematica symposium (IMS’04), Banff, Alberta, Canada. Positive Corporation Ltd. Hampshire, UK. library.wolfram.com/infocenter/Conferences/6039

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Awange, J.L., Paláncz, B., Lewis, R.H., Völgyesi, L. (2018). Particle Swarm Optimization. In: Mathematical Geosciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-67371-4_6

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