RT Journal Article ID 7802447343cc1477 A1 Cortés-Aburto, Obed A1 Hernández-Pérez, José-Alfredo A1 Rojas-Rodríguez, Rafael A1 Aceves-Pérez, Rita-Marina A1 Arroyo-Díaz, Salvador-Antonio A1 Galaviz-Rodríguez, José-Víctor T1 PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION WITH LÉVY FLIGHTS FOR HEAT SOURCE ESTIMATION JF Heat Transfer Research JO HTR YR 2018 FD 2018-05-04 VO 49 IS 8 SP 703 OP 717 K1 inverse heat transfer K1 Lévy flight K1 Particle Swarm Optimization AB In this work, a new approach, Lévy flight Particle Swarm Optimization, is applied to estimate the solution of an inverse heat transfer problem. Results show a good performance of this scheme. Compared with standard Particle Swarm Optimization, it exhibits better precision (from 3 to 5 parameters) and less running time (average of 24.90%). PB Begell House LK https://www.dl.begellhouse.com/journals/46784ef93dddff27,384b49846be20a1e,7802447343cc1477.html