Amoeba-based neurocomputing for 8-city traveling salesman problem

International Journal of Unconventional Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 463-480

  Aono, Masashi ^a   Zhu, Liping ^b   Hara, Masahiko ^a,b  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biocomputing; Combinatorial optimization; Coupled oscillators; Decision making; Neural network; Physarum polycephalum; Resource allocation; Spatio temporal dynamics; Traveling salesman problem

Indexed keywords

BIO-COMPUTING; COUPLED OSCILLATORS; PHYSARUM POLYCEPHALUM; SPATIO-TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TRAVELING SALESMAN;

BIOLOGY; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; DATA PROCESSING; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMICS; FEEDBACK; NEURAL NETWORKS; RECURRENT NEURAL NETWORKS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

EID: 84855604402     PISSN: 15487199     EISSN: 15487202     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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