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2006 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Extending the Particle Swarm Algorithm to Model Animal Foraging Behaviour
Authors : Cecilia Di Chio, Riccardo Poli, Paolo Di Chio
Published in: Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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The particle swarm algorithm [1] contains elements which map fairly strongly to the
group-foraging
problem in behavioural ecology: its continuous equations of motion include concepts of social attraction and communication between individuals, two of the general requirements for grouping behaviour [2]. Despite its socio-biological background, the particle swarm algorithm has rarely been applied to biological problems, largely remaining a technique used in classical optimisation problems. In this paper [3], we show how some simple adaptions to the standard algorithm can make it well suited for the foraging problem.