: Recently, Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm has exhibited good performance across a wide range of application problems. A quick review of the literature reveals that re...
This paper introduces a hybrid metaheuristic, the Variable Neighborhood Particle Swarm Optimization (VNPSO), consisting of a combination of the Variable Neighborhood Search (VNS) ...
: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is arguably one of the most popular nature- inspired algorithms for real parameter optimization at present. The existing theoretical research on...
This study proposes Network-Structured Particle Swarm Optimizer (NS-PSO) with various neighborhood topology. The proposed PSO has the various network topology as rectangular, hexag...
Niching is an important technique for multimodal optimization. Most existing niching methods require specification of certain niching parameters in order to perform well. These nic...