in this paper, a new continuous ant colony optimization (caco) algorithm is proposed for optimal reservoir operation. the paper presents a new method of determining and setting a complete set of control parameters for any given problem, saving the user from a tedious trial and error based approach to determine them. the paper also proposes an elitist strategy for caco algorithm where best solut...

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) was first proposed to solve the Traveling Salesman Problem, and later applied to solve more problems of a combinatorial nature. Some research based on ACO to tackle continuous problems has been published, but this has not followed the original ACO metaheuristic exactly. Recently, ACOR has been proposed to solve continuous function optimization problems. We have tak...

Ant programming is a kind of automatic programming that generates computer programs by using the ant colony metaheuristic as the search technique. It has demonstrated good generalization ability for the extraction of comprehensible classifiers. To date, three ant programming algorithms for classification rule mining have been proposed in the literature: two of them are devoted to regular classi...

The optimal Waste Load Allocation (WLA) problem, in general, is a mathematical model incorporating a water quality simulator within the framework of multi objective optimization. The goals are defined as to improve the water quality and minimize the total treatment cost of dischargers. The fraction removal levels of the dischargers are the decision variables. This paper explores the capabilitie...