ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the suitable optimization methods for finding optimal/robust offline communication sequences. A universal optimization method able to efficiently solve any optimization problem does not yet exist. It is with the authors' judgement that they select or develop the appropriate algorithm that best fits their problem. A communication sequence for an Networked Control System (NCS) has a finite discrete structure. The optimization problem is the design of a communication sequence such that the NCS retains certain fundamental structural properties and a cost function is minimized. In the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm an optimal solution is found by a swarm of particles 'flying' through the solution space. The PSO algorithm is implemented in two substantially different ways and they will be referred as PSO1 and PSO2.
