An improved ant colony optimization for the communication network routing problem

Mathematical and Computer Modelling

Volumn 52, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1976-1981

  Zhao, Dongming ^a   Luo, Liang ^b   Zhang, Kai ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

ACO; Ant weight strategy; Communication network routing problem; IACO

Indexed keywords

ACO; ANT-COLONY OPTIMIZATION; ANT-WEIGHT STRATEGY; BENCH-MARK PROBLEMS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; COMMUNICATION NETWORK ROUTING PROBLEM; COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; IACO; IMPROVED ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; METAHEURISTIC; MUTATION OPERATIONS; NEW STRATEGY; ROUTING PROBLEMS; SIMULATION RESULT;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; NETWORK ROUTING;

COMMUNICATION;

EID: 77956343995     PISSN: 08957177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mcm.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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