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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1405-5546</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Computación y Sistemas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Comp. y Sist.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-5546</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Computación]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1405-55462016000400635</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.13053/cys-20-4-2505</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Limiting the Velocity in the Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm]]></article-title>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Barrera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Julio]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Álvarez-Bajo]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Osiris]]></given-names>
</name>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Flores]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Juan J.]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Coello Coello]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos A.]]></given-names>
</name>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Morelia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,CIAD, A.C.  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Hermosillo Sonora]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Michoacana de San Nicolás de Hidalgo Facultad de Ingeniería Eléctrica ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Morelia ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af4">
<institution><![CDATA[,IPN CINVESTAV ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Ciudad de México ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2016</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>20</volume>
<numero>4</numero>
<fpage>635</fpage>
<lpage>645</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-55462016000400635&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-55462016000400635&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-55462016000400635&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract Velocity in the Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm (PSO) is one of its major features, as it is the mechanism used to move (evolve) the position of a particle to search for optimal solutions. The velocity is commonly regulated, by multiplying a factor to the particle's velocity. This velocity regulation aims to achieve a balance between exploration and exploitation. The most common methods to regulate the velocity are the inertia weight and constriction factor. Here, we present a different method to regulate the velocity by changing the maximum limit of the velocity at each iteration, thus eliminating the use of a factor. We go further and present a simpler version of the PSO algorithm that achieves competitive and, in some cases, even better results than the original PSO algorithm.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Particle swarm]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[velocity]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[limits]]></kwd>
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