Flat world optimization algorithm

In this paper, a population based method for optimization is proposed. In this 21^st century people say ldquoThe world is being flattenedrdquo and in this proposed algorithm we can say ldquothe population is flattenedrdquo. The paper introduces a neighborhood topology, named as flat world neighborhood topology, and a optimization tool, named as flat world optimization. The proposed algorithm exploits the flat world properties, the natural selection and the particle swarm optimization (PSO) therefore making it a very powerful algorithm. A number of tests have been conducted and the results are compared with some relevant PSO variants to illustrate the algorithm cornerstones.