New ideas for applying ant colony optimization to the set covering problem.
Zhi-Gang RenZu-ren FengLiangjun KeZhao-Jun ZhangPublished in: Comput. Ind. Eng. (2010)
Keyphrases
- ant colony optimization
- set covering problem
- bi objective
- metaheuristic
- swarm intelligence
- ant colony
- set covering
- aco algorithm
- traveling salesman problem
- particle swarm optimization
- nature inspired
- aco algorithms
- combinatorial optimization problems
- integer programming
- ant colony optimization algorithm
- column generation
- branch and bound algorithm
- particle swarm optimization pso
- ant colony algorithm
- ant colonies
- artificial ants
- hybrid algorithm
- efficient solutions
- genetic algorithm
- multi objective optimization
- optimal solution
- path relinking
- evolutionary algorithm