Abstract:
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a heuristic global optimization method originally
proposed by J. Kennedy and R.K. Eberhart in 1995. Today, PSO is one of the best known and widely used
swarm intelligence algorithms due to its simplicity and ability to be used in a wide range of applications.
This paper provides an overview of PSO applications in various fields: electrical engineering, automatic
control systems, medicine, biology, chemistry, etc.