Particle Swarm Optimization: An efficient method for tracing periodic orbits in 3D galactic potentials

Ch. Skokos, K. E. Parsopoulos, P. A. Patsis +1

We propose the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) as an alternative method for locating periodic orbits in a three--dimensional (3D) model of barred galaxies. We develop an appropri…