Krzysztof Socha, Joshua Knowles, Michael Sampels (auth.), Marco Dorigo, Gianni Di Caro, Michael Sampels (eds.)3540441468, 9783540441465
The 17 revised full papers, 11 short papers, and extended poster abstracts presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers deal with theoretical and foundational aspects and a variety of new variants of ant algorithms as well as with a broad variety of optimization applications in networking and operations research. All in all, this book presents the state of the art in research and development in the emerging field of ant algorithms
Table of contents :
A MAX-MIN Ant System for the University Course Timetabling Problem….Pages 1-13
ACO Applied to Group Shop Scheduling: A Case Study on Intensification and Diversification….Pages 14-27
Agent-Based Approach to Dynamic Task Allocation….Pages 28-39
An Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for the 2D HP Protein Folding Problem….Pages 40-52
An Experimental Study of a Simple Ant Colony System for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows….Pages 53-64
Ant Algorithms for Assembly Line Balancing….Pages 65-75
Ant Colonies as Logistic Processes Optimizers….Pages 76-87
Ant Systems for a Dynamic TSP….Pages 88-99
Anti-pheromone as a Tool for Better Exploration of Search Space….Pages 100-110
Applying Population Based ACO to Dynamic Optimization Problems….Pages 111-122
Cross-Entropy Guided Ant-Like Agents Finding Cyclic Paths in Scarcely Meshed Networks….Pages 123-134
Insertion Based Ants for Vehicle Routing Problems with Backhauls and Time Windows….Pages 135-148
Modelling ACO: Composed Permutation Problems….Pages 149-162
Self-Organized Networks of Galleries in the Ant Messor Sancta ….Pages 163-175
Solving the Homogeneous Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem by the ACO Metaheuristic….Pages 176-187
Toward the Formal Foundation of Ant Programming….Pages 188-201
Towards Building Terrain-Covering Ant Robots….Pages 202-215
A New Ant Colony Algorithm Using the Heterarchical Concept Aimed at Optimization of Multiminima Continuous Functions….Pages 216-221
An Ant-Based Framework for Very Strongly Constrained Problems….Pages 222-227
Analysis of the Best-Worst Ant System and Its Variants on the QAP….Pages 228-234
Ants and Loops….Pages 235-242
Candidate Set Strategies for Ant Colony Optimisation….Pages 243-249
Dynamic Wavelength Routing in WDM Networks via Ant Colony Optimization….Pages 250-255
Homogeneous Ants for Web Document Similarity Modeling and Categorization….Pages 256-261
Parallel Ant System for the Set Covering Problem….Pages 262-267
Real-World Shop Floor Scheduling by Ant Colony Optimization….Pages 268-273
Simulation of Nest Assessment Behavior by Ant Scouts….Pages 274-281
Using Genetic Algorithms to Optimize ACS-TSP….Pages 282-287
A Method for Solving Optimization Problems in Continuous Space Using Ant Colony Algorithm….Pages 288-289
A Nested Layered Threshold Model for Dynamic Task Allocation….Pages 290-291
ACO Algorithm with Additional Reinforcement….Pages 292-293
Ant Colony System for Image Segmentation Using Markov Random Field….Pages 294-295
Bidimensional Shapes Polygonalization by ACO….Pages 296-297
Coevolutionary Ant Algorithms Playing Games….Pages 298-299
GAACO: A GA + ACO Hybrid for Faster and Better Search Capability….Pages 300-301
GPS Positioning Networks Design: An Application of the Ant Colony System….Pages 302-303
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