Multiple ant colonies optimization for load balancing in distributed systems

New Trends in ICT and Accessibility - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference in Information and Communication Technology and Accessibility, ICTA 2007

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 213-218

  Ali, Al Dahoud ^a   Belal, Mohamed A ^a  

^a AL ZAYTOONAH UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACO ALGORITHMS; ANT COLONIES; ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION (ACO); DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS; LOAD BALANCING INFORMATIONS; META-HEURISTIC OPTIMIZATIONS; MULTIPLE COLONIES; NETWORK APPLICATIONS;

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE AGENTS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION;

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DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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