A distributed ant colony algorithm based on cross-entropy for multi-constraints QoS routing

International Conference on Advanced Communication Technology, ICACT

Volumn 3, Issue , 2007, Pages 1809-1814

  Hua, Wang ^a   Gang, Wang ^a   Jun, Ma ^a   Zhao, Shi ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cross entropy; Distributed algorithm; Multi constraints; QoS routing

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; PACKET LOSS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

ANT COLONY ALGORITHM; CROSS ENTROPY; MULTI CONSTRAINTS; QOS ROUTING;

NETWORK ROUTING;

EID: 34347209910     PISSN: 17389445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICACT.2007.358722     Document Type: Conference Paper

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