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What is FST-PSO?

FST-PSO is a settings-free version of the global optimization algorithm known as Particle Swarm Optimization. FST-PSO does not need any user settings to work, because particles leverage fuzzy logic to adapt their behavior to the fitness landscape.

Why FST-PSO?

FST-PSO was specifically design to be 1) extremely easy to use (no settings!) and 2) more effective than normal PSO. Thus, the API is extremely simple and straightforward:

• create a FuzzyPSO class;
• specify the search space with its set_search_space() method;
• specify a fitness function with the set_fitness() method;
• launch the optimization with the solve_with_fstpso() method.

Are there any optional settings?

Yes. You can pass the number of iterations as argument (max_iter) to solve_with_fstpso().