Fitness |
A value representing the successfulness of the program after evaluation. |
Herd |
The population of agents within the search. |
Coordinates |
The binary string used to identify the positions of each agent within the search. |
Betas |
An arbitrary number of agents within the population with the highest personal-best fitness. The pB of these agents is used to steer the search of the other agents within the system. |
Alphas |
A subset of agents within the betas with the highest personal-best fitness. These agents are used as targets for the weakest members to be driven towards. |
pB |
The memory of the personal best position achieved by an individual agent. This memory includes the fitness score and the location that fitness was found in. |