Search Results - subject:"Ant Colony Optimization"

ACOMCD: A multiple cluster detection algorithm based on the spatial scan statistic and ant colony optimization

Wan, You; Pei, Tao; Zhou, Chenghu; Jiang, Yong; Qu, Chenxu - In: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 56 (2012) 2, pp. 283-296

tree-like shaped cluster and cause confusion in the results. In this paper, we propose an Ant Colony Optimization based … Multiple Cluster Detection (ACOMCD) algorithm, which combines classical SaTScan with the ant colony optimization (ACO) approach …

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Vehicle routing with multiple deliverymen: Modeling and heuristic approaches for the VRPTW

Pureza, Vitória; Morabito, Reinaldo; Reimann, Marc - In: European Journal of Operational Research 218 (2012) 3, pp. 636-647

formulation for the problem, as well as a tabu search and an ant colony optimization heuristics for obtaining minimum cost routes …

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An ellipsoidal distance-based search strategy of ants for nonlinear single and multiple response optimization problems

Bera, Sasadhar; Mukherjee, Indrajit - In: European Journal of Operational Research 223 (2012) 2, pp. 321-332

Various continuous ant colony optimization (CACO) strategies are proposed by researchers to resolve continuous single … analysis of CACO-MDS, with three different metaheuristic strategies, viz. ant colony optimization in real space (ACOR), a …

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Coupling ant colony systems with strong local searches

Gambardella, L.M.; Montemanni, R.; Weyland, D. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 220 (2012) 3, pp. 831-843

Ant colony system is a well known metaheuristic framework, and many efficient algorithms for different combinatorial optimization problems have been derived from this general framework. In this paper some directions for improving the original framework when a strong local search routine is...

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A DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR EXPOSITION TIMETABLING USING ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION

LEE, HSIN-YUN - In: International Journal of Information Technology & … 11 (2012) 03, pp. 609-626

considers the characteristics of exposition timetabling. The proposed system applies ant colony optimization for determining the …

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Ablaufplanung bei Werkstattfertigung : Ameisenalgorithmen zur Minimierung der mittleren Durchlaufzeit

Danninger, Markus - 2012 - 1. Aufl.

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Métodos de solución de problemas de asignación de recursos sanitarios

Dias Lourenço, Dias Lourenço Helena Ramalhinho; Serra … - Fundación BBVA - 2004

Decisions about allocating resources in health care are complex, and their undertaking requires the use of sophisticated models and methods. The generalized allocation model is based on assigning a group of tasks to a series of resources with a minimum total cost to the system. Each resource is...

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Elitist Continuous Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Optimal Management of Coastal Aquifers

Ataie-Ashtiani, Behzad; Ketabchi, Hamed - In: Water Resources Management 25 (2011) 1, pp. 165-190

saltwater intrusion. An improved Elitist Continuous Ant Colony Optimization (ECACO) algorithm is employed for optimal control …

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Improvement of estimation of surge arrester parameters by using Modified Particle Swarm Optimization

Nafar, M.; Gharehpetian, G.B.; Niknam, T. - In: Energy 36 (2011) 8, pp. 4848-4854

search capability, Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm is combined with PSO algorithm in the proposed algorithm. The …

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ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION WITH A NEW RANDOM WALK MODEL FOR COMMUNITY DETECTION IN COMPLEX NETWORKS

JIN, DI; LIU, DAYOU; YANG, BO; LIU, JIE; HE, DONGXIAO - In: Advances in Complex Systems (ACS) 14 (2011) 05, pp. 795-815

. The framework of ant colony optimization is taken as the basic framework in this algorithm. In each iteration, a Markov … colony optimization strategy building on the Markov random walks theory, which is named as MACO, is proposed in this paper …Detecting communities from complex networks has recently triggered great interest. Aiming at this problem, a new ant …

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