VPSO

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VPSO (plural VPSO or VPSOs)

  1. Variable length particle swarm optimization.
    • 2016, Jyotsna Kumar Mandal, Handbook of Research on Natural Computing for Optimization Problems, →ISBN, page 310:
      From this table, we can see that VPSO obtains best IEF values compared to other algorithms.
  2. Village public safety officer.
    • 1993, Mark Findlay, Uglješa Zvekić, Alternative policing styles: cross-cultural perspectives, page 55:
      The three chiefs may not agree on what the VPSO should do, or can legally do; and it is the VPSO who is caught in the cross-fire.
    • 2001, National Institute of Justice Journal - Issue 246, page 21:
      Although the VPSO program was originally designed so that Alaska Native officers could provide public safety services to their home villages, over time a sizable minority of officers have been hired who are non-Natives and are outsiders to the villages they serve.
    • 2005, Lisa Marin Wexler, Inupiat Youth Suicide:
      VPSO are not authorized to carry guns and many times do not have access to a lock-down facility.

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