| Article ID: | iaor20051160 |
| Country: | China |
| Volume: | 41 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 477 |
| End Page Number: | 480 |
| Publication Date: | Oct 2003 |
| Journal: | Journal of Jilin University (Science Edition) |
| Authors: | Zhou Chunguang, Huang Lan, Wang Kangping, Pang Wei, Dong Longjiang, Peng Li |
This paper introduces the basic algorithm and search strategies of particle swarm optimization (PSO), presenting the concepts of a swap operator and a swap sequence in an algorithm of a kind of special particle swarm optimization. Such an algorithm is constructed and we then propose its application to the traveling salesman problem. The experiments show the new PSO can achieve good results.