A quickly convergent continuous ant colony optimization algorithm with Scout Ants.
Qingbao ZhuZhijun YangWei MaPublished in: Appl. Math. Comput. (2011)
Keyphrases
- ant colony optimization algorithm
- swarm intelligence
- ant colony optimization
- ant colony
- ant colony algorithm
- artificial ants
- nature inspired
- metaheuristic
- traveling salesman problem
- sensor placement
- ant colonies
- particle swarm optimization
- foraging behavior
- convergence speed
- update rule
- social insects
- computational intelligence
- global optimization
- particle swarm optimization pso
- hybrid algorithm
- evolutionary computation
- aco algorithm
- convergence rate
- mathematical model
- cellular automata
- linear programming
- evolutionary algorithm
- genetic algorithm
- neural network