7 Swarm intelligence: Particles
This chapter covers
- Understanding the inspiration for particle swarm intelligence algorithms
- Understanding and solving optimization problems
- Designing and implementing a particle swarm optimization algorithm
What is particle swarm optimization?
Particle swarm optimization is another swarm algorithm. Swarm intelligence relies on emergent behavior of many individuals to solve difficult problems as a collective. We saw in chapter 6 how ants can find the shortest paths between destinations through their use of pheromones.