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New Advancements in Swarm Algorithms: Operators and Applications

  • Presents advances in new, alternative swarm developments
  • Demonstrates the potential of new swarm alternative algorithms from a practical perspective
  • Discusses various novel metaheuristic methods and their practical applications

Part of the book series: Intelligent Systems Reference Library (ISRL, volume 160)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
  2. An Introduction to Nature-Inspired Metaheuristics and Swarm Methods

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 1-41
  3. Metaheuristics and Swarm Methods: A Discussion on Their Performance and Applications

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 43-67
  4. The Selfish Herd Optimizer

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 69-109
  5. The Swarm Method of the Social-Spider

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 111-137
  6. The Locust Swarm Optimization Algorithm

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 139-159
  7. A Swarm Algorithm Inspired by the Collective Animal Behavior

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 161-188
  8. Auto-calibration of Fractional Fuzzy Controllers by Using the Swarm Social-Spider Method

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 189-209
  9. Locust Search Algorithm Applied to Multi-threshold Segmentation

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 211-240
  10. Multimodal Swarm Algorithm Based on the Collective Animal Behavior (CAB) for Circle Detection

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 241-278
  11. Locust Search Algorithm Applied for Template Matching

    • Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González
    Pages 279-296

About this book

This book presents advances in alternative swarm development that have proved to be effective in several complex problems. Swarm intelligence (SI) is a problem-solving methodology that results from the cooperation between a set of agents with similar characteristics. The study of biological entities, such as animals and insects, manifesting social behavior has resulted in several computational models of swarm intelligence. While there are numerous books addressing the most widely known swarm methods, namely ant colony algorithms and particle swarm optimization, those discussing new alternative approaches are rare. The focus on developments based on the simple modification of popular swarm methods overlooks the opportunity to discover new techniques and procedures that can be useful in solving problems formulated by the academic and industrial communities. Presenting various novel swarm methods and their practical applications, the book helps researchers, lecturers, engineersand practitioners solve their own optimization problems.


Authors and Affiliations

  • CUCEI, Universidad de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico

    Erik Cuevas, Fernando Fausto, Adrián González

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eBook USD 84.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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