Abstract: This paper proposes an offline path planning method based on the Improved Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization (IQPSO) algorithm for Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) in the underwater ...

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm is an optimization technique with remarkable performance for problem solving. The convergence analysis of the method is still in research. This article ...

This paper describes a method using Quantum Particle Swarm Optimization to obtain a broadband frequency invariant pattern for synthesis of nonuniformly spaced linear array of isotropic antennas. Two ...

In order to improve the performance of Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm in solving continuous function optimization problems, a chaotic particle optimization algorithm for complex functions ...

To deal with the problems of premature convergence and tending to jump into the local optimum in the traditional particle swarm optimization, a novel improved particle swarm optimization algorithm was ...

Abstract: A novel Quantum-behaved Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm with probability (P-QPSO) is introduced to improve the global convergence property of QPSO. In the proposed algorithm, all the ...