Particle Swarm Optimization: Search Procedure, Visualized

Intuition + math + code, for practitioners

Image created by DALL·E 3 based on the prompt “Draw a science-fiction themed image that depicts a swarm of drones searching for a target in an urban landscape”

Humans like to mimic many things in nature.

We mimic frogs in swimming. We mimic birds by installing wings on planes to provide lift. We mimic the crane/ snake/ mantis in martial arts. We mimic termites to build structures with efficient temperature control (see Eastgate…