Particle Swarm Optimization

Abstract — The development of Particle swarm optimization (PSO), an optimization algorithm based on a social behavior model is reviewed from its first appearance in the year 1995 until today. This paper will provide the reader with an overview of PSO- from its basic principles and its development challenges to the most recent version of the algorithm. The following versions of the PSO algorithm: the original, the revised version and the latest one- Adaptive PSO, will be explained in more details. In addition, an analysis of the PSO algorithm as a dynamic system is introduced. I