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.

Anagrams

• OPVs, POVs, SOPV, VSOP