Fig. 6
From: Uncovering the social interaction network in swarm intelligence algorithms
The pace at which components emerge while edges are gradually removed from I is associated with the search mode of the swarm. An exploration mode is characterized by a slow increase in the number of components due to the different information flows present in the swarm. The network, however, is rapidly destroyed in a swarm that depends only on a small set of individuals, a behavior related to an exploitation search mode. In PSO, the weighted interaction network of a run with the swarm using a von Neumann topology has edges removed based on their weight: below 20% of the highest possible weight, 25% and 30%. The colors represent components with more than one node. In this process, edges with the lowest weights are removed first