:In this paper, we propose a new artificial ant algorithm for solving constrained optimization problems in general case. Numerical examples show that it is effective and robust.
:In this paper, we propose a new artificial ant algorithm for solving constrained optimization problems in general case. Numerical examples show that it is effective and robust.
ant routing is a method for network routing in the agent technology. Although its effectiveness and efficiency have been demonstrated and reported in the literature, its properties have not yet been well studied. This...
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ant routing is a method for network routing in the agent technology. Although its effectiveness and efficiency have been demonstrated and reported in the literature, its properties have not yet been well studied. This paper presents some preliminary analysis on an ant algorithm in regard to its population growing property and jumping behavior. For synchronous networks, three main results are shown. First, the expected number of agents in a node is shown to be no more than (1 + max(i){\Omega(i)\})km, where \Omega(i)\ is the number of neighboring hosts of the ith host, k is the number of agents generated per request, and m is the average number of requests. Second, the expected number of jumps of an agent is shown to be no larger than (1 + max(i){\Omega(i)\}). Third, it is shown that for all p greater than or equal to (1 + max(i){\Omega(i)\})km, the probability of the number of agents in a node exceeding p is not greater than integral(p)(infinity) P(x)dx, where P(x) is a normal distribution function with mean and variance given by Mean = (1 + max(i){\Omega(i)\})km,Var. = 2km(1 + max(i){\Omega(i)\}) + (km(2)(1 + max(i){\Omega(i)\})(2) / (1+2 max(i){\Omega(i)\}). The first two results are also valid for the case when the network is operated in asynchronous mode. All these results conclude that as long as the value max(i){\Omega(i)\}) is known, the practitioner is able to design the algorithm parameters, such as the number of agents being created for each request, k, and the maximum allowable number of jumps of an agent, in order to meet the network constraint.
We propose a new framework for ant-based routing algorithms which addresses the trade-off between effective and timely discovery of optimal routes, and the desire to keep data traffic flowing smoothly. The approach ut...
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(纸本)0780378040
We propose a new framework for ant-based routing algorithms which addresses the trade-off between effective and timely discovery of optimal routes, and the desire to keep data traffic flowing smoothly. The approach utilizes a database of stored delay estimates on routes to build separate routing tables for ants and data packets. This decoupling results in better control of responsiveness to load or topology fluctuations since the tables can evolve at different rates, according to different rules. The presented architecture also features guaranteed loop-free routes for data packets.
In multi colony ant algorithms several colonies of ants cooperate in finding good solutions for an optimization problem. At certain time steps the colonies exchange information about good solutions. If the amount of e...
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In multi colony ant algorithms several colonies of ants cooperate in finding good solutions for an optimization problem. At certain time steps the colonies exchange information about good solutions. If the amount of exchanged information is not too large multi colony ant algorithms can be easily parallelized in a natural way by placing the colonies on different processors. In this paper we study the behaviour of multi colony ant algorithms with different kinds of information exchange between the colonies. Moreover we compare the behaviour of different numbers of colonies with a multi start single colony ant algorithm. As test problems we use the Traveling Salesperson problem and the Quadratic Assignment problem.
Multicast routing is to find the paths from a service node re ail multicast destinations. In this paper;based on mrt algorithm;we propose a distributed multicast routing scheme with delay-bounded and load-balancing tr...
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(纸本)0769509126
Multicast routing is to find the paths from a service node re ail multicast destinations. In this paper;based on mrt algorithm;we propose a distributed multicast routing scheme with delay-bounded and load-balancing traffic in real-time communications. We first describe ant algorithm model and give ant-network model, then present art approach using ant algorithm to optimize the multicast routes with delay-bounded and load-balancing traffic. Finally simulation has been done to show the efficiency of the algorithm in the environment of OPNET simulation software, and the simulation results show that the proposed approach can find the best optimal multicast routes which can satisfy the delay-bounded requirement avoid to congested nodes.
In this paper, based on antalgorithm, we propose a QoS multicast routing scheme in Internet. We first describe antalgorithm model and give ant network model, then present an approach using antalgorithm to optim...
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In this paper, based on antalgorithm, we propose a QoS multicast routing scheme in Internet. We first describe antalgorithm model and give ant network model, then present an approach using antalgorithm to optimize the multicast routes with QoS constaints. Finally, simulations has been made to show the efficiency of the approach in the environment of OPNET simulation software, and the simulation results show that the proposed approach can find the best optimal multicast routes which can satisfy the delay bounded requirement and avoid congested nodes as soon as possible.
ants of artificial colony are able to generate good solutions to the famous traveling salesman problem (TSP).We propose an artificial ants algorithm for solving the minimum ratio TSP, which is more general than the st...
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ants of artificial colony are able to generate good solutions to the famous traveling salesman problem (TSP).We propose an artificial ants algorithm for solving the minimum ratio TSP, which is more general than the standard TSP in combinatorial optimization area. In the minimum ratio TSP, another criterion concerning each edge is added, that is,the traveling salesman can have a benefit if he travels from one city to another. The objective is to minimize the ratio between total costs or distances and total benefits. The idea of this type of optimization is in some sense quite similar to that of traditional cost-benefit analysis in management science. Computational results substantiate the solution quality and efficiency of the algorithm.
Recently, researchers in various fields have shown interest in the behavior of creatures from the viewpoint of adaptiveness and flexibility. ants, known as social insects, exhibit collective behavior in performing tas...
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Recently, researchers in various fields have shown interest in the behavior of creatures from the viewpoint of adaptiveness and flexibility. ants, known as social insects, exhibit collective behavior in performing tasks that can not be carried out by an individual ant. In ant colonies. chemical substances, called pheromones, are used as a way to communicate important information on global behavior. For example. ants looking for food lay the way back to their nest with a specific type of pheromone. Other ants can follow the pheromone trail and find their way to baits efficiently. In 1991, Colorni et al. proposed the ant algorithm for Traveling Salesman Problems (TSPs) by using the analogy of such foraging behavior and pheromone communication. In the ant algorithm, there is a colony consisting of many simple ant agents that continuously visit TSP cities with opinions to prefer subtours connecting near cities and they lay strong pheromones. The ants completing their tours lay pheromones of various intensities with passed subtours according to distances. Namely, subtours in TSP tourns that have the possibility of being better tend to have strong pheromones, so the ant agents specify good regions in the search space by using this positive feedback mechanism. In this paper, we propose a multiple ant colonies algorithm that has been extended from the ant algorithm. This algorithm as several ant colonies for solving a TSP, while the original has only a single ant colony. Moreover, two kinds of pheromone effects, positive and negative pheromone effects, are introduced as the colony-level interactions. As a result of colony-level interactions, the colonies can exchange good schemata for solving a problem and can maintain their own variation in the search process. The proposed algorithm shows better performance than the original algorithm with almost the same agent strategy used in both algorithms except for the introduction of colony-level interactions.
We describe localization-space trails (LOST), a method that enables a team of robots to navigate between places of interest in an initially unknown environment using a trail of landmarks. The landmarks are not physica...
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We describe localization-space trails (LOST), a method that enables a team of robots to navigate between places of interest in an initially unknown environment using a trail of landmarks. The landmarks are not physical;they are waypoint coordinates generated online by each robot and shared with teammates. Waypoints are specified in each robot's local coordinate system, and contain references to features in the world that are relevant to the team's task and common to all robots. Using these task-level references, robots can share waypoints without maintaining a global coordinate system. The method is tested in a series of real-world multirobot experiments. The results demonstrate that the method: 1) copes with accumulating odometry error;2) is robust to the failure of individual robots;3) converges to the best route discovered by any robot in the team. In one experiment, a team of four autonomous mobile robots performs a resource transportation task in our uninstrumented office building. Despite significant divergence of their local coordinate systems, the robots are able to share waypoints, forming and following a common trail between two predetermined locations for more than three hours, traveling a total of 8.2 km (5.1 miles) before running out of power. Designed to scale to large populations, LOST is fully distributed, with low costs in processing, memory, and bandwidth. It combines metric data about the position of features in the world with instructions on how to get from one place to another;producing something between a map and a plan.
In this paper, based on ant algorithm, we propose a distributed multicast routing scheme with delay-bounded and delay variation constraints in real-time communications. This paper first describes ant algorithm model a...
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ISBN:
(纸本)0780362535
In this paper, based on ant algorithm, we propose a distributed multicast routing scheme with delay-bounded and delay variation constraints in real-time communications. This paper first describes ant algorithm model and gives ant network model, then presents an approach using ant algorithm to optimize the multicast routes with delay and delay-variation constraints. The great amount of simulation has been done to show efficiency of the algorithm, and the simulation results show that the proposed approach can find the best optimal multicast routes which satisfy the above constraints.
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