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Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is an iterative search method that moves a set of candidate solution around a search-space towards the best known global and local solutions with randomized step lengths. PSO frequently accelerates…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Johannes Jakubik , Adrian Binding , Stefan Feuerriegel

Particle Swarm Optimisation (PSO) is a powerful optimisation algorithm that can be used to locate global maxima in a search space. Recent interest in swarms of Micro Aerial Vehicles (MAVs) begs the question as to whether PSO can be used as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-07-18 Lauren Parker , James Butterworth , Shan Luo

Generality is one of the main advantages of heuristic algorithms, as such, multiple parameters are exposed to the user with the objective of allowing them to shape the algorithms to their specific needs. Parameter selection, therefore,…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-05-22 Carlos Garcia Cordero

Recently, much progress has been made on particle swarm optimization (PSO). A number of works have been devoted to analyzing the convergence of the underlying algorithms. Nevertheless, in most cases, rather simplified hypotheses are used.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Quan Yuan , George Yin

This paper preliminarily investigates the duality between flow matching in generative models and particle swarm optimization (PSO) in evolutionary computation. Through theoretical analysis, we reveal the intrinsic connections between these…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Kaichen Ouyang

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is attracting an ever-growing attention and more than ever it has found many application areas for many challenging optimization problems. It is, however, a known fact that PSO has a severe drawback in the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-04-27 Bertrand Ngansop , Stefan Götz , Martin Eckl

Motion planning is an essential part of autonomous mobile platforms. A good pipeline should be modular enough to handle different vehicles, environments, and perception modules. The planning process has to cope with all the different…

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has emerged as a powerful metaheuristic global optimization approach over the past three decades. Its appeal lies in its ability to tackle complex multidimensional problems that defy conventional…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-18 Arun K Pujari , Sowmini Devi Veeramachaneni

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is a popular nature-inspired meta-heuristic for solving continuous optimization problems. Although this technique is widely used, the understanding of the mechanisms that make swarms so successful is still…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-09-02 Vanessa Lange , Manuel Schmitt , Rolf Wanka

In this study we address existing deficiencies in the literature on applications of Particle Swarm Optimization to generate optimal designs. We present the results of a large computer study in which we bench-mark both efficiency and…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-06-15 Stephen J. Walsh , John J. Borkowski

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) frequently suffers from premature convergence. This paper introduces a family of problem-informed diversity-enhancing strategies that manipulate the swarm's social and cognitive components. These include…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-26 Piotr Urbańczyk , Aleksandra Urbańczyk

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is an Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) that utilizes a swarm of particles to solve an optimization problem. Slow Intelligence System (SIS) is a learning framework which slowly learns the solution to a problem…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2018-04-04 Mohammad Hasanzadeh Mofrad , S. K. Chang

The dynamic of real-world optimization problems raises new challenges to the traditional particle swarm optimization (PSO). Responding to these challenges, the dynamic optimization has received considerable attention over the past decade.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-03-27 Ahlem Aboud , Raja Fdhila , Adel M. Alimi

Numerical optimization techniques are widely used in a broad area of science and technology, from finding the minimal energy of systems in Physics or Chemistry to finding optimal routes in logistics or optimal strategies for high speed…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-08-20 Yury Chernyak , Ijaz Ahamed Mohammad , Nikolas Masnicak , Matej Pivoluska , Martin Plesch

Swarm intelligence effectively optimizes complex systems across fields like engineering and healthcare, yet algorithm solutions often suffer from low reliability due to unclear configurations and hyperparameters. This study analyzes…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-13 Nitin Gupta , Indu Bala , Bapi Dutta , Luis Martínez , Anupam Yadav

Solving non-convex minimization problems using multi-particle metaheuristic derivative-free optimization methods is still an active area of research. Popular methods are Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) methods, that iteratively update a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-21 Michael Herty , Sara Veneruso

As one of the most prominent swarm intelligence algorithms, particle swarm optimization (PSO) has been extensively applied to solve global optimization problems. The theoretical analysis on the ability of PSO to escape from local optimum…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-17 Haoxin Wang , Libao Shi

Breast cancer is considered the most critical and frequently diagnosed cancer in women worldwide, leading to an increase in cancer-related mortality. Early and accurate detection is crucial as it can help mitigate possible threats while…

Traditional methods present a very restrictive range of applications, mainly limited by the features of the function to be optimized and of the constraint functions. In contrast, evolutionary algorithms present almost no restriction to the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-01-26 Mauro S. Innocente , Johann Sienz

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a well-known optimization algorithm that shows good performance in solving different optimization problems. However, PSO usually suffers from slow convergence. In this article, a reinforcement…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-04-05 Yin ShiYuan