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Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is one of the most effective and popular swarm intelligence algorithms. In this paper, based on comparative judgment, an improved particle swarm optimization (IPSO) is proposed. Firstly, a new search equation is developed by considering individual experience, social experience and the integration of individual and social experience, which can be used to improve the convergence speed of the algorithm. Secondly, in order to avoid falling into a local optima, a location abandoned mechanism is proposed; meanwhile, a new equation to generate a new position for the corresponding particle is proposed. The experimental results show that IPSO algorithm has excellent solution quality and convergence characteristic comparing to basic PSO algorithm and performs better than some state-of-the-art algorithms on almost all tested functions.
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The research was supported by NSFC(U1404105, 11671122); the Key Scientific and Technological Project of Henan Province(142102210058);the Doctoral Scientific Research Foundation of Henan Normal University(qd12103);the Youth Science Foundation of Henan Normal University(2013qk02);Henan Normal University National Research Project to Cultivate the Funded Projects (01016400105); the Henan Normal University Youth Backbone Teacher Training; the Key Project of Henan Educational Committee(16A510006). The authors would like to appreciate for reviewing our paper and thank two anonymous referees for their valuable comments that improved quality of the paper.
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Wang, CF., Liu, K. An improved particle swarm optimization algorithm based on comparative judgment. Nat Comput 17, 641–661 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11047-017-9630-5
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