Real time application of Ants Colony Optimization

cAS: Ant Colony Optimization with Cunning Ants

In this paper, we propose a variant of an ACO algorithm called the cunning Ant System (cAS). In cAS, each ant generates a solution by borrowing a part of a solution which was generated in previous iterations, instead of generating the solution entirely from pheromone density. Thus we named it, cunning ant. This cunning action reduces premature stagnation and exhibits good performance in the sea...

Fuzzy Real-Time Optimization of the Tennessee Eastman Challenge Process

A Real-Time Optimization (RTO) strategy incorporating the fuzzy sets theory is developed, where the problem constraints obtained from process considerations are treated in fuzzy environment. Furthermore, the objective function is penalized by a fuzzified form of the key process constraints. To enable using conventional optimization techniques, the resulting fuzzy optimization problem is the...

Ant Colony Optimization Artificial Ants as a Computational Intelligence Technique

Ants Colony System for Supply Chain Routes Optimization

The research work proposes a hybrid simulation based approach for efficiency enhancement of a supply chain operating in Calabria (Italy) in the field of pharmaceutical business retail. The supply chain is made up by several and different actors: suppliers, distribution centers, and pharmacies so the optimal supply chain organization is a critical factor for improving systems efficiency and perf...

Coding Ants: Using Ant Colony Optimization to Accelerate CT Reconstruction

There is no one size fits all solution when it comes to CT reconstruction. Many different CT reconstruction algorithms and implementations have been devised in an attempt to solve the problem of producing an image under a specific set of constraints. One optimal CT reconstruction implementation can look very different from another optimal implementation; depending on the data, quality, and time...