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In this paper an artificial intelligence's mono-objective algorithm known as Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) was applied. This PSO was adapted to optimize the minimum costs in the Beer Distribution Game Problem. The PSO makes an adjustment of the policy's order of the participants in the supply chain (retailer, wholesaler, distributor and manufacturer) minimizing the costs involved into the inventory...