Swarm Intelligence: Foundation, Principles, and Engineering Applications
暫譯: 群體智慧：基礎、原則與工程應用

群體智慧是人工智慧和軟計算中增長最快的子領域之一。這個領域包含多種優化演算法，以解決傳統方法無法有效處理的 NP-hard 問題。它啟發工程科學的研究者從自然中學習理論並將其融入。

《群體智慧：基礎、原則與工程應用》提供了新群體智慧技術的全面回顧，並提供了使用 MATLAB 代碼實現粒子群優化（Particle Swarm Optimization, PSO）的實用範例。該書討論了群體優化技術的統計分析，以便研究者能夠分析他們的實驗設計。它還包括社會領域、石油和天然氣產業的演算法，以及在工程領域中有關新優化演算法的最新研究成果，描述了在機器學習中的實施。

本書是為工程學生、研究科學家和參與工程科學的學者所撰寫。

Abhishek Sharma received the bachelor's degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering from ITM-Gwalior, India, in 2012, and the master's degree in Robotics Engineering from the University of Petroleum and Energy Studies (UPES), Dehradun, India, in 2014. He was a Senior Research Fellow in a DST funded project under the Technology Systems Development Scheme. He was an Assistant Professor with the Department of Electronics and Instrumentation, UPES. He is working as a research scientist in research and development department, UPES. His research interests include embedded system, optimization, swarm intelligence and robotics

Abhinav Sharma received his B. Tech from H. N. B. Garhwal University, Srinagar, India, in 2009 and the M. Tech from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India, in 2011. He did his Ph. D. from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India, in 2016. He is working as an Assistant Professor (Senior Scale) in the Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering in University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, Dehradun. His field of interest includes adaptive array signal processing, Artificial Intelligence, and Machine Learning, Optimization Techniques and smart antenna

Jitendra Kumar Pandey was born in Bakeware, Uttar Pradesh, India. He received his BSc (Biochemistry, 1996) and MSc (Organic Chemistry, 1998), from the University of Kanpur, India. He has received is Ph.D. degree from National Chemical Laboratory Pune, in the area of polymer science and his thesis title was Degradability of Polymer Composites from Renewable Resources. He worked as business development manager-International Business SRL Ranbaxy Ltd., Andheri-East, India. He is working as a Professor and Dean School of Basic & Applied Science, Adamas University, West Bengal, India. His area of expertise is Polymer nanocomposites, Bio-composites, Natural Nano-particles, Water treatment.

Mangey Ram received the Ph.D. degree major in Mathematics and minor in Computer Science from G. B. Pant University of Agriculture and Technology, Pantnagar, India. He has been a Faculty Member for around twelve years and has taught several core courses in pure and applied mathematics at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctorate levels. He is currently a Research Professor at Graphic Era (Deemed to be University), Dehradun, India. Before joining the Graphic Era, he was a Deputy Manager (Probationary Officer) with Syndicate Bank for a short period. He is Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Mathematical, Engineering and Management Sciences, Book Series Editor with Elsevier, CRC Press-A Taylor, and Frances Group, De Gruyter Publisher Germany, River Publisher, USA and the Guest Editor & Member of the editorial board of various journals. He has published 225 plus research publications in IEEE, Taylor & Francis, Springer, Elsevier, Emerald, World Scientific, and many other national and international journals and conferences. His fields of research are reliability theory and applied mathematics. Dr. Ram is a Senior Member of the IEEE, life member of Operational Research Society of India, Society for Reliability Engineering, Quality and Operations Management in India, Indian Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, He has been a member of the organizing committee of several international and national conferences, seminars, and workshops. He has been conferred with the Young Scientist Award by the Uttarakhand State Council for Science and Technology, Dehradun, in 2009. He has been awarded the Best Faculty Award in 2011; Research Excellence Award in 2015; and recently Outstanding Researcher Award in 2018 for his significant contribution to academics and research at Graphic Era Deemed to be University, Dehradun, India.

Abhishek Sharma於2012年獲得印度ITM-Gwalior電子與通信工程學士學位，並於2014年獲得印度德拉敦石油與能源研究大學（UPES）機器人工程碩士學位。他曾擔任一項由科技部資助的技術系統開發計畫的高級研究員。他曾在UPES電子與儀器系所擔任助理教授，目前在UPES的研究與發展部門擔任研究科學家。他的研究興趣包括嵌入式系統、優化、群體智慧和機器人技術。

Abhinav Sharma於2009年獲得印度斯里納加爾H. N. B. Garhwal大學的B. Tech學位，並於2011年獲得印度潘塔納加爾Govind Ballabh Pant農業與技術大學的M. Tech學位。他於2016年在同一所大學獲得博士學位，研究領域為自適應陣列信號處理、人工智慧、機器學習、優化技術和智慧天線。目前，他在德拉敦的石油與能源研究大學電氣與電子工程系擔任助理教授（高級職級）。

Jitendra Kumar Pandey出生於印度北方邦的Bakeware。他於1996年獲得印度坎普爾大學的生物化學學士學位，並於1998年獲得有機化學碩士學位。他在印度浦那的國家化學實驗室獲得博士學位，研究領域為聚合物科學，論文題目為「可再生資源聚合物複合材料的降解性」。他曾擔任Ranbaxy Ltd.國際業務的業務發展經理，現任印度西孟加拉邦Adamas大學基礎與應用科學學院的教授及院長。他的專業領域包括聚合物奈米複合材料、生物複合材料、天然奈米顆粒和水處理。

Mangey Ram於印度潘塔納加爾的G. B. Pant農業與技術大學獲得數學博士學位，主修數學，輔修計算機科學。他擔任教職約十二年，教授多門純數學和應用數學的核心課程，涵蓋本科、碩士及博士層級。目前，他是印度德拉敦Graphic Era（被認定為大學）的研究教授。在加入Graphic Era之前，他曾短暫擔任Syndicate Bank的副經理（見習官）。他是《國際數學、工程與管理科學期刊》的主編，並擔任《Elsevier》、《CRC Press-A Taylor and Francis Group》、《De Gruyter》、《River Publisher, USA》等多個出版社的書系列編輯，以及多個期刊的客座編輯和編輯委員會成員。他在IEEE、Taylor & Francis、Springer、Elsevier、Emerald、World Scientific等多個國內外期刊和會議上發表了超過225篇研究論文。他的研究領域包括可靠性理論和應用數學。Ram博士是IEEE的高級會員，印度運籌學會的終身會員，印度可靠性工程、質量與運營管理學會、印度工業與應用數學學會的會員。他曾參與多個國際和國內會議、研討會和工作坊的組織委員會。他於2009年獲得烏塔拉坎德州科學與技術委員會頒發的「青年科學家獎」。他於2011年獲得「最佳教學獎」，2015年獲得「研究卓越獎」，並於2018年因對Graphic Era被認定為大學的學術和研究做出重大貢獻而獲得「傑出研究者獎」。