1.Division of System Simulation and Computer Application, Taiyuan University of Science and Technology, Taiyuan 0300242. College of Electrical and Information Engineering, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou 730050
Abstract：As one of swarm intelligence optimization algorithms, the stochastic diffusion search is characterized by partial function evaluation and one-to-one recruitment mechanism. These characteristics make the algorithm high computation efficiency and robustness of the stochastic diffusion search.Based on the survey of basic principles and the research actuality of stochastic diffusion search, the existing problem and features are analyzed, and some future research directions about the stochastic diffusion search are delineated.
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