A Novel Crow Swarm Optimization Algorithm (CSO) Coupling Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Crow Search Algorithm (CSA)

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Schematics of how an individual updates its position in (a) PSO, (b) CSA, and (c) CSO, where the green spot indicates the current best position of an individual, the pink spot indicates the best position identified by the whole swarm, and the red spot indicates the position of the individual in the next iteration; the red arrows indicate the movement of the individual.

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