| Article ID: | iaor20031597 |
| Country: | China |
| Volume: | 14 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 52 |
| End Page Number: | 55 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2001 |
| Journal: | Journal of Ningbo University |
| Authors: | Wei Ping, Xiong Weiqing |
| Keywords: | ant system |
Ant colony search is a novel simulated evolutionary algorithm which shows many excellent characteristics. Its application for general function optimization is given with examples and the results are satisfactory.