Hybridisation of particle swarm optimisation with area concentrated search

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Banks, Alec^{; *} | Vincent, Jonathan

Affiliations: Software Systems Research Centre, Bournemouth University, United Kingdom

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author: Alec Banks, Software Systems Research Centre, Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, UK. Tel.: +44 01202 965571; E-mail: al.banks@bcs.org

Abstract: Nature has, over millennia, developed effective strategies for locating and exploiting areas of nutrient rich resources. This work considers one such strategy, Area Concentrated Search (ACS), and uses this to extend Particle Swarm Optimisation. Initial indications are that swarms can benefit greatly from ACS as an aid to the efficient movement of individual particles across difficult optimisation landscapes.

DOI: 10.3233/KES-2010-0195

Journal: International Journal of Knowledge-based and Intelligent Engineering Systems, vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 95-114, 2010