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 Prof. Loc Nguyen Loc Nguyen's Academic Network, Vietnam |
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| Title: Tutorial on particle swarm optimization and its combinations to other evolutionary algorithms | |
| Abstract: Local optimization with convex function is solved perfectly by traditional mathematical methods such as Newton-Raphson and gradient descent but it is not easy to solve the global optimization with arbitrary function although there are some purely mathematical approaches such as approximation, cutting plane, branch and bound, and interval method which can be impractical because of their complexity and high computation cost. Recently, some evolutional algorithms which are inspired from biological activities are proposed to solve the global optimization by acceptable heuristic level. Among them is particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm which is proved as an effective and feasible solution for global optimization in real applications. Although the ideology of PSO is not complicated, it derives many variants, which can make new researchers confused. Therefore, this tutorial focuses on describing, systemizing, and classifying PSO by succinct and straightforward way. Moreover, combinations of PSO and other evolutional algorithms for improving PSO itself or solving other advanced problems are mentioned too. | |
| Biography: Loc Nguyen is an independent scholar from 2017. He holds Master degree in Computer Science from University of Science, Vietnam in 2005. He holds PhD degree in Computer Science and Education at Ho Chi Minh University of Science in 2009. His PhD dissertation was honored by World Engineering Education Forum (WEEF) and awarded by Standard Scientific Research and Essays as excellent PhD dissertation in 2014. He holds Postdoctoral degree in Computer Science, certified by Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication (INSTICC) in 2015. Now he is interested in computer science, statistics, mathematics, education, and medicine. He serves as reviewer, editor, and speaker in a wide range of international journals and conferences from 2014. He is volunteer of Statistics Without Borders from 2015. He was granted as Mathematician by London Mathematical Society for Postdoctoral research in Mathematics from 2016. He is awarded as Professor by Scientific Advances and Science Publishing Group from 2016. He was awarded Doctorate of Statistical Medicine by Ho Chi Minh City Society for Reproductive Medicine (HOSREM) from 2016. He has published 83 papers and preprints in journals, books and conference proceedings. He is author of 5 scientific books. He is author and creator of 9 scientific and technological products. | |
