Swarm Intelligence

In sum, evolutionary and social algorithms have much in common,

and their fusion seems inevitable. Some evolutionary operations are

markedly analogous to particle swarm methods, but the differences be-

tween approaches are considerable.

Summary

In this book we are looking at a paradigm in its youth, full of potential

and fertile with new ideas and new perspectives. Researchers in many

countries are experimenting with particle swarms, applying their imagi-

nations to this simple system. The algorithm is really just a pair of formu-

las, one for velocity and one for position, a two-line computer program

with some housekeeping (in fact these two lines