
Swarm Intelligence
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Description
Key Features
adaptive behavior and evolutionary computation.
* Describes recent results of experiments with the particle swarm
optimization (PSO) algorithm
* Includes a basic overview of statistics to ensure readers can
properly analyze the results of their own experiments using the
algorithm.
* Support software which can be downloaded from the publishers
website, includes a Java PSO applet, C and Visual Basic source
code.
Readership
Table of Contents
- Introduction
Part 1: Foundations
Life and Intelligence
Optimization by Trial and Error
On our Nonexistence as Entities
Evolutionary Computation Theory and Paradigms
Humans - Actual, Imagined and Implied
Thinking is Social
Part 2: Particle Optimization and Collective Intelligence
The Binary Particle Swarm
Variations and Comparisons;
Applications
Implications and Speculations
Conclusions
Product details
- No. of pages: 544
- Language: English
- Copyright: © Morgan Kaufmann 2001
- Published: March 26, 2001
- Imprint: Morgan Kaufmann
- eBook ISBN: 9780080518268
- Hardcover ISBN: 9781558605954
About the Authors
Russell Eberhart
Affiliations and Expertise
Yuhui Shi
Yuhui Shi received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Southeast University, China, in 1992. Since then, he has worked at several universities including the Department of Radio Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada, the Department of Computer Science, Australian Defense Force Academic, Canberra, Australia, the Department of Computer Science, Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Taejon, Korea, and the Department of Electrical Engineering, Purdue School of Engineering and Technology, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. He is currently with Electronic Data Systems, Inc., Kokomo, Indiana, USA, as an Applied Specialist. His main interests include artificial neural networks, evolutionary computation, fuzzy logic systems and their industrial applications.
Dr. Shi was a co-presenter of the tutorial, Introduction to Computation Intelligence, at the 1998 WCCI Conference, Anchorage, Alaska, and presented the tutorial, Evolutionary Computation and Fuzzy Systems, at the 1998 ANNIE Conference, St. Louis. He is the technical co-chair of 2001 Particle Swarm Optimization Workshop, Indianapolis, Indiana.