Perceptualization of Particle Swarm Optimization

Through visualization humans are able to perceive the efficiency of particle swarms with respect to several levels of applied inertia as well as the inclusion or exclusion of dampening. We also are able to find relationships between these levels, the diversity of a swarm, and the swarm's efficiency in finding the minimum for five typical particle swarm optimization functions. This makes it possible to look at new areas of investigation to understand the connection between individual actions and emergent behavior. This paper demonstrates how to blend human intelligence, by using both their visual systems and their deductive reasoning with a swarm's computational intelligence to produce results better than each could achieve independently.