From Consensus-Based Optimization to Particle Swarm Optimization: Convergence Guarantees under Drift-Diffusion Coupling

Franca Hoffmann, Dohyeon Kim, Ritvik Teegavarapu

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a widely used algorithm featured in many state-of-the-art optimization tool-kits. However, rigorous performance guarantees are still lacking. T…