
unnecessary. The classification of the Iris Data Set is used to illustrate the
approach. Although a feedforward neural network is used as the exam-
ple, the methodology is valid for practically any type of network.
Chapter 10, Implications and Speculations, reviews the implications
of particle swarms for theorizing about psychology and computation. If
social interaction provides the algorithm for optimizing minds, then
what must that be like for the individual? Various social- and computer-
science perspectives are brought to bear on the subject.
Chapter 11, And in Conclusion . . . , looks back at some of the motifs
that were woven through the narrative. ...