Keyword: ant system

Found 32 papers in total
Multiprocessor task scheduling in multistage hybrid flow-shops: an ant colony system approach
2006,
The hybrid flowshop scheduling problem (HFSP) has been of continuing interest for...
Sub swarm and crossbreed strategy particle swarm optimization for the travelling salesman problem
2005,
Particle swarm optimization (PSO) a novel simulated evolutionary algorithm, which is...
Hybrid population-based algorithms for the bi-objective quadratic assignment problem
2006,
We present variants of an ant colony optimization (MO-ACO) algorithm and of an...
An improved model of ant colony algorithm and its application in traveling salesman problems
2005,
The elemental principles of ant colony algorithm are introduced in this paper, with a...
Ant algorithms: web-based implementation and applications to manufacturing system problems
2006,
One of the tools in the gamut of global optimization search procedures is ant...
ANTBAL: an ant colony optimization algorithm for balancing mixed-model assembly lines with parallel workstations
2006,
This paper presents ANTBAL, an ant colony optimization algorithm for balancing...
An ant-colony optimization algorithm for minimizing the completion-time variance of jobs in flowshops
2006,
The problem of scheduling in permutation flowshops with the objective of minimizing...
CompetAnts for problem solving
2003,
In this paper we propose a multi-colony Ant System where the colonies solve a...
Ant searching algorithm for vehicle routing problem
2004,
Vehicle routing problem (VRP) is a typical NP-hard problem in combinatorial...
Two ant-colony algorithms for minimizing total flowtime in permutation flowshops
2005,
The problem of scheduling in flowshops with the objective of minimizing total flowtime...
Application of ant colony optimization for no-wait flowshop scheduling problem to minimize the total completion time
2004,
Ant colony optimization (ACO) is a metaheuristic proposed to derive approximate...
An adaptive ant colony algorithm based on equilibrium of distributions
2003,
To balance the conflict between convergence speed, precocity and stagnation in ant...
Model-based search for combinatorial optimization: a critical survey
2004,
In this paper we introduce model-based search as a unifying framework accommodating...
A hybrid ant colony algorithm for solving a traveling salesman problem
2003,
A hybrid ant algorithm is presented to prevent premature termination in the canonical...
An ant colony optimization algorithm for shop scheduling problems
2004,
We deal with the application of ant colony optimization to group shop scheduling,...
Ant colony optimization distribution for design of water systems
2003,
During the last decade, evolutionary methods such as genetic algorithms have been used...
A generalized convergence result for the graph-based ant system metaheuristic
2003,
Itis shown that on fairly weak conditions, the current solutions of a metaheuristic...
Research on an extended traveling salesman problem based on ant colony algorithm
2003,
The Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) is an NP-hard combinatorial optimization problem....
A method for solving optimization problem in continuous space using ant colony algorithm
2003,
A method for solving optimization problem with continuous parameters using ant colony...
A new chance-constrained maximum capture location problem
2003,
The paper presents a new model on the basic Maximum Capture model, MAXCAP. The new...
A hybrid ant colony algorithm for solving a travelling salesman problem
2002,
A hybrid ant colony algorithm for solving TSP (the travelling salesman problem) is...
Hybrid approach based on ant algorithm for solving traveling salesman problem
2002,
In the present paper the authors introduce an ant algorithm, a distributed algorithm...
An ant system algorithm with random perturbation behavior for complex traveling salesman problem
2002,
Based on the Basic Ant System (BAS) algorithm, a novel Ant System with Random...
Ant system based algorithm for scheduling problem
2002,
For nonhomogeneous parallel machines, the scheduling problem of minimizing the...
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