Sequential niching particle swarm optimization algorithm for localization of multiple damage locations using fiber bragg grating sensors

This research was partly funded by grant number: 2019/33/B/ST8/01699 funded by the National Science Center, Poland (Experiments for validation). The niching PSO was implemented in the frame of project 2020/39/D/ST8/00188 funded by the National Science Center, Poland . The authors are also grateful to Dr Pawel Kudela for the equipment loan and Farzam Omidi Moaf for help with the experiments. The authors are also grateful to TASK-CI for allowing the use of their computational resources. The opinions expressed in this paper do not necessarily reflect those of the sponsors.