10/13/03
3
Improvements
¥Alternative velocity update equation:
vk¢ = c [w vk + f1 (pk Ð xk) + f2 (pg Ð xk)]
c= constriction coefficient (controls magnitude of vk)
¥Alternative neighbor relations:
Ðstar: fully connected (each responds to best of all others; fast information flow)
Ðcircle: connected to K immediate neighbors (slows information flow)
Ðwheel: connected to one axis particle (moderate information flow)