Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Special Issue on
Swarm Intelligence in Engineering 2014
Call for Papers
Swarm intelligence (SI) is an artificial intelligence technique
based on the study of behavior of simple individuals (e.g.,
ant colonies, bird flocking, animal herding, and honey bees)
in various decentralized systems. The population, which
consists of simple individuals, can usually solve complex
tasks in nature by individuals interacting locally with one
another and with their environment. Although their behaviors are primarily characterized by autonomy, distributed
functioning, and self-organizing capacities, local interactions
among the individuals often cause a global optimal.
Recently, SI algorithms have attracted much attention of
researchers and have also been applied successfully to solve
optimization problems in engineering. However, for large
and complex problems, SI algorithms consume often much
computation time due to stochastic feature of the search
approaches. Therefore, there is a potential requirement to
develop ecient algorithm to find solutions under the limited resources, time, and money in real-world applications.
The aim of this special issue is to highlight the most
significant recent developments on the topics of SI and
to apply SI algorithms in real-life scenario. Contributions
containing new insights and findings in this field are
welcome. Particular attention will be given to the following
theme areas; however, it should be stressed that a broad range
of submissions are encouraged. Potential topics include, but
are not limited to:

complete manuscript through the journal Manuscript Tracking System at http://mts.hindawi.com/submit/journals/mpe/

sie14/ according to the following timetable:
Manuscript Due

Friday, 6 June 2014

First Round of Reviews

Friday, 29 August 2014

Publication Date

Friday, 24 October 2014

Lead Guest Editor

Baozhen Yao, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian,
China; yaobaozhen@yahoo.cn
Guest Editors
Fang Zong, Jilin University, Changchun 130022, China;
zongfang@jlu.edu.cn
Bin Yu, Dalian Maritime University, Dalian 116024, China;
ybzhyb@163.com
Rui Mu, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management,
Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands;
rui_mu@yahoo.com

Benchmarking and evaluation of new SI algorithms

Convergence proof for SI algorithms
Comparative theoretical and empirical studies on SI

algorithms (e.g., ant colony optimization, particle

swarm optimization, artificial bee swarm algorithm,
bacterial foraging optimization, and artificial fish
algorithm)
SI
algorithms
for
real-world
applications
(e.g., aerospace engineering, bioengineering,
chemical engineering, computer engineering,
electrical engineering, industrial engineering and
manufacturing systems, and mechanical engineering)
Before submission, authors should carefully read
over the journals Author Guidelines, which are located at
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/mpe/guidelines/. Prospective authors should submit an electronic copy of their
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