TY - CHAP AU - Bruno Seixas Gomes de Almeida AU - Victor Coppo Leite ED - Javier Del Ser ED - Esther Villar ED - Eneko Osaba Y1 - 2019-12-03 PY - 2019 T1 - Particle Swarm Optimization: A Powerful Technique for Solving Engineering Problems N2 - Swarm Intelligence has emerged as one of the most studied artificial intelligence branches during the last decade, constituting the fastest growing stream in the bio-inspired computation community. A clear trend can be deduced analyzing some of the most renowned scientific databases available, showing that the interest aroused by this branch has increased at a notable pace in the last years. This book describes the prominent theories and recent developments of Swarm Intelligence methods, and their application in all fields covered by engineering. This book unleashes a great opportunity for researchers, lecturers, and practitioners interested in Swarm Intelligence, optimization problems, and artificial intelligence. BT - Swarm Intelligence SP - Ch. 3 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.89633 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.89633 SN - 978-1-78984-537-2 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-04-19 ER -