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A review on constraint handling strategies in particle swarm optimisation

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Almost all real-world optimisation problems are constrained. Solving constrained problems is difficult for optimisation techniques. In this paper, different constraint handling strategies used in heuristic optimisation algorithms and especially particle swarm optimisation (PSO) are reviewed. Since PSO is a very common optimisation algorithm, this paper can provide a broad view to researchers in related field and help them to identify the appropriate constraint handling strategy for their own optimisation problem.

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Jordehi, A.R. A review on constraint handling strategies in particle swarm optimisation. Neural Comput & Applic 26, 1265–1275 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00521-014-1808-5

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