Theoretical and experimental study on parameters setting of Ant Colony Optimization

Autor: Yanpeng Liu, Yongsheng Yu, Jixin Qian, Mingguang Wu, Wanjun Tian
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: 2008 6th IEEE International Conference on Industrial Informatics.
DOI: 10.1109/indin.2008.4618197
Popis: The parameters setting of evaporation rate and initial pheromone value of ant colony optimization are studied in this paper. Theorem 1 shows that the pheromone increment is a value between g(smax) and g(smin), which provides theoretical basis for the setting of the low pheromone bound tau min. The estimation formula of evaporation rate p is given. The results are useful to understanding this algorithm and using it to solve combinatorial optimization problems. Results of simulation experiments testify the effectiveness of the conclusions.
Databáze: OpenAIRE