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AEI
2004
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13 years 7 months ago
Ant colony optimization techniques for the vehicle routing problem
This research applies the meta-heuristic method of ant colony optimization (ACO) to an established set of vehicle routing problems (VRP). The procedure simulates the decision-maki...
John E. Bell, Patrick R. McMullen
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Applying Ant Colony Optimization Metaheuristic to the DAG Layering Problem
— This paper1 presents the design and implementation of an Ant Colony Optimization based algorithm for solving the DAG Layering Problem. This algorithm produces compact layerings...
Radoslav Andreev, Patrick Healy, Nikola S. Nikolov
ESCIENCE
2007
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Using Ant Colony Optimisation to Improve the Efficiency of Small Meander Line RFID Antennas
Increasing the efficiency of meander line antennas is an important real-world problem within radio frequency identification (RFID). Meta-heuristic search algorithms, such as ant c...
Marcus Randall, Andrew Lewis, Amir Galehdar, David...
PPSN
2010
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Variable Neighborhood Search and Ant Colony Optimization for the Rooted Delay-Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree Problem
Abstract. The rooted delay-constrained minimum spanning tree problem is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem arising for example in the design of centralized broadcasting ...
Mario Ruthmair, Günther R. Raidl
CORR
2004
Springer
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13 years 7 months ago
Self-Organized Stigmergic Document Maps: Environment as a Mechanism for Context Learning
Social insect societies and more specifically ant colonies, are distributed systems that, in spite of the simplicity of their individuals, present a highly structured social organi...
Vitorino Ramos, Juan J. Merelo Guervós