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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

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

It is not rare that the performance of one metaheuristic algorithm can be improved by incorporating ideas taken from another. In this article we present how Simulated Annealing (SA) can be used to improve the efficiency of the Ant Colony…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-05-03 Rafał Skinderowicz

This article presents a new algorithm which is a modified version of the elite ant system (EAS) algorithm. The new version utilizes an effective criterion for escaping from the local optimum points. In contrast to the classical EAC…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-02-08 Majid Yousefikhoshbakht , Farzad Didehvar , Farhad Rahmati

We introduce a framework for applying metaheuristic algorithms, such as ant colony optimization (ACO), to combinatorial optimization problems (COPs) like the traveling salesman problem (TSP). The framework consists of three sequential…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-07 Ethan Davis

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

An artificial Ant Colony System (ACS) algorithm to solve general-purpose combinatorial Optimization Problems (COP) that extends previous AC models [21] by the inclusion of a negative pheromone, is here described. Several Travelling Salesman…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2013-06-14 Vitorino Ramos , David M. S. Rodrigues , Jorge Louçã

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) 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 subject of Job Scheduling Optimisation (JSO) deals with the scheduling of jobs in an organization, so that the single working steps are optimally organized regarding the postulated targets. In this paper a use case is provided which…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-13 Marc Geitz , Cristian Grozea , Wolfgang Steigerwald , Robin Stöhr , Armin Wolf

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

A well known N P-hard problem called the Generalized Traveling Salesman Problem (GTSP) is considered. In GTSP the nodes of a complete undirected graph are partitioned into clusters. The objective is to find a minimum cost tour passing…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-08-15 Camelia-M. Pintea , Petrica C. Pop , Camelia Chira

Ant colony optimization (ACO) has been applied to the field of combinatorial optimization widely. But the study of convergence theory of ACO is rare under general condition. In this paper, the authors try to find the evidence to prove that…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2009-10-25 Chao-Yang Pang , Chong-Bao Wang , Ben-Qiong Hu

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a metaheuristic for solving difficult discrete optimization problems. This paper presents a deterministic model based on differential equation to analyze the dynamics of basic Ant System algorithm.…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Ayan Acharya , Deepyaman Maiti , Amit Konar , Ramadoss Janarthanan

Job Shop Scheduling (JSS) is one of the most studied combinatorial optimization problems. It involves scheduling a set of jobs with predefined processing constraints on a set of machines to achieve a desired objective, such as minimizing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Karima Rihane , Adel Dabah , Abdelhakim AitZai

Bio-Inspired computing is the subset of Nature-Inspired computing. Job Shop Scheduling Problem is categorized under popular scheduling problems. In this research work, Bacterial Foraging Optimization was hybridized with Ant Colony…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2012-11-22 S. Narendhar , T. Amudha

The efficient scheduling of independent computational tasks in a heterogeneous computing environment is an important problem that occurs in domains such as Grid and Cloud computing. Finding optimal schedules is an NP-hard problem in…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-12-24 John Levine , Graeme Ritchie , Alastair Andrew , Simon Gates

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

Quantum Physics · Physics 2024-10-24 Qian Qiu , Liang Zhang , Mohan Wu , Qichun Sun , Xiaogang Li , Da-Chuang Li , Hua Xu

This paper discusses the problem of placing weighted items in a circular container in two-dimensional space. This problem is of great practical significance in various mechanical engineering domains, such as the design of communication…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2010-01-26 Yi-Chun Xu , Fang-Min Dong , Yong Liu , Ren-Bin Xiao , Martyn Amos

We present a process algebra capable of specifying parallelized Ant Colony Optimization algorithms in full detail: PA$^2$CO. After explaining the basis of three different ACO algorithms (Ant System, MAX-MIN Ant System, and Ant Colony…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2026-01-22 Maria Garcia , Natalia Lopez , Ismael Rodriguez