说明：  Kennedy和Eberhart提出粒子群算法的主要设计思想与两个方面的研究密切相关： 一是进化算法，粒子群算法和进化算法一样采用种群的方式进行搜索，这使得它可以同时搜索待优化目标函数解空间中的较多区域。 二是人工生命，即研究具有生命特征的人工系统，它采用的主要工具是计算机，主要方法是利用计算机编程模拟。 Millonas在用人工生命理论来研究群居动物的行为时，对于如何采用计算机构建具有合作行为的群集人工生命系统，提出了五条基本原则：
(The main design idea of particle swarm optimization (PSO) proposed by Kennedy and Eberhart is closely related to two aspects of research One is evolutionary algorithm. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) and evolutionary algorithm (EA) use population method to search for more regions in the solution space of the objective function to be optimized at the same time. The second is artificial life, that is to study the artificial system with life characteristics. Its main tool is computer, and the main method is to use computer programming simulation. When millonas used artificial life theory to study the behavior of social animals, he put forward five basic principles on how to use computers to construct a swarm artificial life system with cooperative behavior)