<s>
In	O
computer	B-General_Concept
science	I-General_Concept
,	O
imperialist	B-Algorithm
competitive	I-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
are	O
a	O
type	O
of	O
computational	O
method	O
used	O
to	O
solve	O
optimization	O
problems	O
of	O
different	O
types	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
a	O
specific	O
point	O
of	O
view	O
,	O
ICA	O
can	O
be	O
thought	O
of	O
as	O
the	O
social	O
counterpart	O
of	O
genetic	B-Algorithm
algorithms	I-Algorithm
(	O
GAs	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Figure	O
1	O
shows	O
the	O
flowchart	O
of	O
the	O
Imperialist	B-Algorithm
Competitive	I-Algorithm
Algorithm	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Countries	O
in	O
this	O
algorithm	O
are	O
the	O
counterpart	O
of	O
Chromosomes	O
in	O
GAs	O
and	O
Particles	O
in	O
Particle	B-Algorithm
Swarm	I-Algorithm
Optimization	I-Algorithm
(	O
PSO	O
)	O
and	O
it	O
is	O
an	O
array	O
of	O
values	O
of	O
a	O
candidate	O
solution	O
of	O
the	O
optimization	O
problem	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
above	O
steps	O
can	O
be	O
summarized	O
as	O
the	O
below	O
pseudocode	B-Language
.	O
</s>
