I want to know the PSO mechanism, so that i can utilized it in optimization problem. Also suggest in what condition it is better to use PSO rather than ANN, GA, RSM etc.
I think it is an easy to understand algorithm. If you study the equations and the basic description of the algorithm (from wikipedia or others) you will get the basic idea of the philosophy behind the method. For more technical details, I suggest you read my PhD which you can find at the following link: