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Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) are simple, easy to implement, their robustness to control parameters, and their computational efficiency when compared with mathematical algorithms and other heuristic…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-24 Harsha R. Gaikwad , Pradnyarani K. Mahind , Sandeep U. Mane

The current paper introduces a new parallel computing technique based on ant colony optimization for a dynamic routing problem. In the dynamic traveling salesman problem the distances between cities as travel times are no longer fixed. The…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Camelia-M. Pintea , Gloria Cerasela Crisan , Mihai Manea

In this paper Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization (HAntCO) approach in solving Multi--Skill Resource Constrained Project Scheduling Problem (MS--RCPSP) has been presented. We have proposed hybrid approach that links classical heuristic priority…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2016-04-01 Paweł B. Myszkowski , Marek E. Skowroński , Łukasz P. Olech , Krzysztof Oślizło

This paper introduces a new optimisation algorithm, called Adaptive Bacterial Colony Optimisation (ABCO), modelled after the foraging behaviour of E. coli bacteria. The algorithm follows three stages--explore, exploit and reproduce--and is…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-05 Barisi Kogam , Yevgeniya Kovalchuk , Mohamed Medhat Gaber

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a well-known method inspired by the foraging behavior of ants and is extensively used to solve combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, we first consider a general framework based on the concept…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Bodo Manthey , Jesse van Rhijn , Ashkan Safari , Tjark Vredeveld

In a Gray-Box Optimization (GBO) setting that allows for partial evaluations, the fitness of an individual can be updated efficiently after a subset of its variables has been modified. This enables more efficient evolutionary optimization…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-17 Anton Bouter , Peter A. N. Bosman

With the rapid development of the logistics industry, the path planning of logistics vehicles has become increasingly complex, requiring consideration of multiple constraints such as time windows, task sequencing, and motion smoothness.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Haopeng Zhao , Zhichao Ma , Lipeng Liu , Yang Wang , Zheyu Zhang , Hao Liu

Nowadays swarm intelligence-based algorithms are being used widely to optimize the dynamic traveling salesman problem (DTSP). In this paper, we have used mixed method of Ant Colony Optimization (AOC)and gradient descent to optimize DTSP…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-07-30 Farhad Soleimanian Gharehchopogh , Isa Maleki , Seyyed Reza Khaze

Quantum ant colony optimization (QACO) has drew much attention since it combines the advantages of quantum computing and ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithms and overcomes some limitations of the traditional ACO algorithm. However, due…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-03-04 Qian Qiu , Mohan Wu , Qichun Sun , Xiaogang Li , Hua Xu

The Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm is a nature-inspired metaheuristic method used for optimization problems. Although not a machine learning method per se, ACO is often employed alongside machine learning models to enhance…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2026-05-14 G. M. Tonin , T. Pauletti , R. M. Dos Santos , V. V. França

Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) is a stochastic technique for solving the optimization problem. Attempts have been made to shorten the computation times of PSO based algorithms with massive threads on GPUs (graphic processing units),…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Chuan-Chi Wang , Chun-Yen Ho , Chia-Heng Tu , Shih-Hao Hung

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) has time complexity O(t*m*N*N), and its typical application is to solve Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), where t, m, and N denotes the iteration number, number of ants, number of cities respectively. Cutting…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2009-07-07 Chao-Yang Pang , Wei Hu , Xia Li , Be-Qiong Hu

This Paper will deal with a combination of Ant Colony and Genetic Programming Algorithm to optimize Travelling Salesmen problem (NP-Hard). However, the complexity of the algorithm requires considerable computational time and resources.…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2014-11-18 Rishita Kalyani

In this paper, we propose a Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization algorithm (HACO) for Next Release Problem (NRP). NRP, a NP-hard problem in requirement engineering, is to balance customer requests, resource constraints, and requirement…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2017-04-18 He Jiang , Jingyuan Zhang , Jifeng Xuan , Zhilei Ren , Yan Hu

Optimisation of fleets of commercial vehicles with regards scheduling tasks from various locations to vehicles can result in considerably lower fleet traversal times. This has significant benefits including reduced expenses for the company…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2019-04-17 Darren M. Chitty , Elizabeth Wanner , Rakhi Parmar , Peter R. Lewis

In this paper, we implement Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) for sequence alignment. ACO is a meta-heuristic recently developed for nearest neighbor approximations in large, NP-hard search spaces. Here we use a genetic algorithm approach to…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2014-06-05 Aaron Lee , Livia King

Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are increasingly implemented on graphics processing units (GPUs) to leverage parallel processing capabilities for enhanced efficiency. However, existing studies largely emphasize the raw speedup obtained by…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-28 Xinmeng Yu , Tao Jiang , Ran Cheng , Yaochu Jin , Kay Chen Tan

This study introduces an innovative methodology for the planning of metro network routes within the urban environment of Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. A comparative analysis of the modified Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) method (previously…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-08 Hariram Sampath Kumar , Archana Singh , Manish Kumar Ojha

Ant Colony System (ACS) is a distributed (agent- based) algorithm which has been widely studied on the Symmetric Travelling Salesman Problem (TSP). The optimum parameters for this algorithm have to be found by trial and error. We use a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-23 D Gómez-Cabrero , D. N. Ranasinghe

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a swarm intelligence methodology utilized for solving optimization problems through information transmission mediated by pheromones. As ants sequentially secrete pheromones that subsequently evaporate, the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Taiyo Shimizu , Shintaro Mori