A PDF version of this CFP is available here:
http://www.particleswarm.info/oep_2007/cfp_ijcir.pdf
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Call for papers
Int. Journal of Computational Intelligence Research (IJCIR)
Feature Issue on "Particle Swarm Optimization"
Guest editors: Maurice Clerc, James Kennedy and Patrick Siarry
Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is a stochastic, population-based
optimization algorithm
introduced in 1995 by James Kennedy and Russel Eberhart. Many variants of
PSO have been developed
since, including constrained, multiobjective, and discrete or combinatorial
versions, and
applications have been developed using PSO in many fields. An international
three-year project, XPS
(eXtended Particle Swarms Project http://xps-swarm.essex.ac.uk/) involving
five universities, was
launched in October 2004.
Instead of competition/selection, like say in Evolutionary Computation, PSO
makes use of
cooperation, according to a paradigm sometimes called "swarm intelligence".
Such systems are
typically made up of a population of simple interacting agents without any
centralized control, and
inspired by examples that can be found in nature (ant colonies, bird
flocking, animal herding,
bacteria molding, fish schooling, etc.)
We take the opportunity of the second French-speaking PSO seminar OEP'2007
in April 2007 in Paris
(http://www.particleswarm.info/oep_2007) to prepare a special issue of IJCIR
about this method (that
issue will include the extended versions of some communications presented at
OEP’2007, but all
contributions outside the frame of the seminar are welcome). The goal is to
collect state
of-the-art research papers that discuss recent developments in that area and
to highlight some
general ideas.
Therefore, authors are invited to submit their original and unpublished
works including, but not
limited to, the following:
Modelling and analysis of PSO variations.
Theoretical optimization studies applicable to PSO
Comparisons with some other methods
Hybrid methods that make use of PSO
Real life applications
Works about easy to use methods – adaptive or even parameter-less ones –
would be particularly welcome
Important dates
By now: inform at [log in to unmask] of your intention of submission
Deadline for submissions: April 30th, 2007
Date of completion of the reviewing process: June 30th, 2007
Submission process
We encourage authors to send submissions via email in PDF or Postscript
format to
[log in to unmask] The length of the camera-ready papers (if
accepted) will be limited to 8
IJCIR style (use link http://www.padath.net/ to access LaTeX and Word
styles) pages.
Alternatively four hard copies could be sent by mail to:
Patrick Siarry
University of Paris 12, LiSSi
61, avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil, FRANCE
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