Communication, leadership, publicity and group formation in particle swarms

Abstract

We look at how the structure of social networks and the nature of social interactions affect the behaviour of Particle Swarms Optimisers. To this end, we propose a general model of communication and consensus which focuses on the effects of social interactions putting the details of the dynamics and the optimum seeking behaviour of PSOs into the background. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006.