Hierarchical Swarm Model: A New Approach to Optimization

Table 1

The structure of HSO model.

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HSO=(𝐴,𝑁,𝑃,𝑇,𝑂,𝑆)

𝐴:agentsthatexistatvarioushierarchicallevels.

𝑁:thenumberoflevels.

𝑃:thepopulationsofeachswarmineachlevel.

𝑇:thehierarchicalinteractiontopologyofHSO.

𝑂:theobjectiveoptimizationgoals.

𝑆:SwarmorEvolutionaryoptimizationstrategiesusedforeachswarmtosearchtheobjective𝑂.

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