Title :
Small worlds and mega-minds: effects of neighborhood topology on particle swarm performance
Author_Institution :
Bur. of Labor Stat., USA
Abstract :
The study manipulated the neighborhood topologies of particle swarms optimizing four test functions. Several social network structures were tested, with “small-world” randomization of a specified number of links. Sociometric structure and the small-world manipulation interacted with function to produce a significant effect on performance
Keywords :
artificial life; evolutionary computation; random processes; topology; neighborhood topology; particle swarm performance; small-world manipulation; small-world randomization; social network structures; sociometric structure; test functions; Computational modeling; Diseases; Humans; Lattices; Multidimensional systems; Network topology; Particle swarm optimization; Social network services; Statistical analysis; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Evolutionary Computation, 1999. CEC 99. Proceedings of the 1999 Congress on
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5536-9
DOI :
10.1109/CEC.1999.785509
