Swarm Intelligence (SI)
Swarm Intelligence (SI) is the research field of metaheuristic that use simplified variants of swarm behavior to solve optimization problems. It is a field of Evolutionary Computation (EC). The most well-known swarm intelligence methods are Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO).
Why research in Computational Intelligence should be less nature-inspired.
The inspiration gleaned from observing nature has led to several important advances in the field of optimization. Still, it seems to me that a lot of work is mainly based on such inspiration alone. This might divert attention away from practical and algorithmic concerns. As a result, there is a growing number of specialized terminologies used in the field of Evolutionary Computation (EC) and Swarm Intelligence (SI), which I consider as a problem for clarity in research. With this article, I would like to formulate my thoughts with the hope to contribute to a fruitful debate.