Combining ideas inspired by ant colonies and flocks of birds may hold the key to unlocking more effective artificial ...

Abstract: Aiming at the problem that ant colony algorithm is easy to fall into local optima and slow convergence, a multi-colony collaborative ant optimization ...

How did ants take over the world? The answer may be skin deep. By Cara Giaimo Cara Giaimo recently reported on ants that had found a loophole in a fundamental rule of life. If life is a numbers game, ...

The changes in the Antarctic sea ice area are directly related to the changes in the atmosphere and oceans. Determining the Antarctic sea ice distribution is of great significance to the global ...

Ant behavior was the inspiration for the optimization technique. Image via Wiki Commons. Scientists often look to unexpected places to find inspiration for algorithms — and this is one of those ...

The shortest path problem is solved by many methods including heuristics that offer lower complexity in expense of accuracy. There are many use-cases where the lower accuracy is acceptable in return ...

Abstract: An adaptive ant colony algorithm is proposed to overcome the premature convergence problem in the conventional ant colony algorithm. The adaptive ant colony is composed of three groups of ...

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