Thread: the probability functions

hi,
I'm PhD student in computer science.
I'm working in swarm algorithm,my supervisor asked me to use one suitable probability functions in the equation of swarm.

where the swarm has two equation ,one for update the velocity for each particle and the other for update of position of particle.

I do not know what the probability functions and what is the benefit of it, and how adaptive with these equations ?
who can help me?

thanks in advance

It would help if you described "equation of swarm". I don't believe this term is widely known.

Originally Posted by mathman

It would help if you described "equation of swarm". I don't believe this term is widely known.

Sorry, I mean the equations of PSO(particle swarm optimization) for update the velocity and position:



Thanks

Originally Posted by huda

Originally Posted by mathman

It would help if you described "equation of swarm". I don't believe this term is widely known.

Sorry, I mean the equations of PSO(particle swarm optimization) for update the velocity and position:



Thanks

That doesn't help much - now you need to define PSO.

Originally Posted by mathman

Originally Posted by huda

Originally Posted by mathman

It would help if you described "equation of swarm". I don't believe this term is widely known.

Sorry, I mean the equations of PSO(particle swarm optimization) for update the velocity and position:



Thanks

That doesn't help much - now you need to define PSO.

Particle swarm optimization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You could easily look it up. It just seems bothering that you're asking the OP like that.

Originally Posted by brody

Originally Posted by mathman

Originally Posted by huda

Originally Posted by mathman

It would help if you described "equation of swarm". I don't believe this term is widely known.

Sorry, I mean the equations of PSO(particle swarm optimization) for update the velocity and position:



Thanks

That doesn't help much - now you need to define PSO.

Particle swarm optimization - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

You could easily look it up. It just seems bothering that you're asking the OP like that.

I did not need to search for PSO, because I know it and I placed algorithm for it.
my query were how I can adapt (change)the random values in equation of PSO to work well.
in equation , there are three values of random. what is the best function to generate random valuse. is that depend on the problem?

thanks

Originally Posted by huda

I did not need to search for PSO, because I know it and I placed algorithm for it.
my query were how I can adapt (change)the random values in equation of PSO to work well.
in equation , there are three values of random. what is the best function to generate random valuse. is that depend on the problem?

thanks

Of course. Sorry, not you. I meant mathman for asking you to define PSO like that which you already presented as "PSO(particle swarm optimization)".

I would suggest asking the moderators to move this to the Computer Science section of this forum, you'll probably find an answer there. Or start a new thread there.
And as I have no useful knowledge in computer science, all I can say is to research in links.

I'm not sure how the algorithm works. Do you just need a function that takes any input and spits out a result for randomized use? I'm assuming you'll need to come up with a PRNG (pseudo-random number generator) function. Again I'm not knowledgeable on the subject and you'll probably want to ask in the Computer Science subforum.

Good luck

Originally Posted by brody

Originally Posted by huda

I did not need to search for PSO, because I know it and I placed algorithm for it.
my query were how I can adapt (change)the random values in equation of PSO to work well.
in equation , there are three values of random. what is the best function to generate random valuse. is that depend on the problem?

thanks

Of course. Sorry, not you. I meant mathman for asking you to define PSO like that which you already presented as "PSO(particle swarm optimization)".

I would suggest asking the moderators to move this to the Computer Science section of this forum, you'll probably find an answer there. Or start a new thread there.
And as I have no useful knowledge in computer science, all I can say is to research in links.

I'm not sure how the algorithm works. Do you just need a function that takes any input and spits out a result for randomized use? I'm assuming you'll need to come up with a PRNG (pseudo-random number generator) function. Again I'm not knowledgeable on the subject and you'll probably want to ask in the Computer Science subforum.

Good luck

thanks for notes

I will formulate my question to be more mathematically: can I find directed random function, so I can subject it to serve my goal

Originally Posted by brody

Again I'm not knowledgeable on the subject and you'll probably want to ask in the Computer Science subforum.

Good suggestion. I would suggest a new thread there with "particle swarm optimization" in the title. The title of this thread is so vague, it is not likely to attract people with the expertise you are looking for.