
chapter
ten
Implications and Speculations
This chapter reviews the arguments that
have been made thus far and proposes some
speculative conclusions. These include di-
rections for further research and observa-
tions about the work itself and its place in
the scientific endeavor generally. The particle
swarm paradigm serves to provide a kind of
framework for social-psychological theory,
as well as a set of tools for engineering and
computer science; in this chapter we begin
to ponder the theoretical and practical impli-
cations of this new research.
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