Ant colony optimization with horizontal and vertical crossover search: Fundamental visions for multi-threshold image segmentation

D Zhao, L Liu, F Yu, AA Heidari, M Wang… - Expert Systems with …, 2021 - Elsevier
The ant colony optimization (ACO) is the most exceptionally fundamental swarm-based
solver for realizing discrete problems. In order to make it also suitable for solving continuous …

A survey of swarm intelligence for dynamic optimization: Algorithms and applications

M Mavrovouniotis, C Li, S Yang - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2017 - Elsevier
Swarm intelligence (SI) algorithms, including ant colony optimization, particle swarm
optimization, bee-inspired algorithms, bacterial foraging optimization, firefly algorithms, fish …

Fundamentos de otimização por inteligência de enxames: uma visão geral

ABS Serapião - Sba: Controle & Automação Sociedade Brasileira de …, 2009 - SciELO Brasil
Este artigo apresenta uma breve revisão de alguns dos mais recentes métodos
bioinspirados baseados no comportamento de populações para o desenvolvimento de …

Extended ant colony optimization for non-convex mixed integer nonlinear programming

M Schlüter, JA Egea, JR Banga - Computers & Operations Research, 2009 - Elsevier
Two novel extensions for the well known ant colony optimization (ACO) framework are
introduced here, which allow the solution of mixed integer nonlinear programs (MINLPs) …

Orthogonal methods based ant colony search for solving continuous optimization problems

XM Hu, J Zhang, Y Li - Journal of computer science and technology, 2008 - Springer
Research into ant colony algorithms for solving continuous optimization problems forms one
of the most significant and promising areas in swarm computation. Although traditional ant …

Nature–inspired intelligence: a review of selected methods and applications

V Vassiliadis, G Dounias - International Journal on Artificial …, 2009 - World Scientific
The successful handling of numerous real–world complex problems has increased the
popularity of nature–inspired intelligent (NII) algorithms and techniques. Their successful …

A Rule‐Based Model for Bankruptcy Prediction Based on an Improved Genetic Ant Colony Algorithm

Y Zhang, S Wang, G Ji - Mathematical Problems in …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we proposed a hybrid system to predict corporate bankruptcy. The whole
procedure consists of the following four stages: first, sequential forward selection was used …

Hybridizing ant colony optimization with firefly algorithm for unconstrained optimization problems

RM Rizk-Allah, EM Zaki, AA El-Sawy - Applied Mathematics and …, 2013 - Elsevier
We propose a novel hybrid algorithm named ACO–FA, which integrate ant colony
optimization (ACO) with firefly algorithm (FA) to solve unconstrained optimization problems …

Prediction-based multi-agent reinforcement learning in inherently non-stationary environments

A Marinescu, I Dusparic, S Clarke - ACM Transactions on Autonomous …, 2017 - dl.acm.org
Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) is a widely researched technique for
decentralised control in complex large-scale autonomous systems. Such systems often …

Evolutionary fuzzy control and navigation for two wheeled robots cooperatively carrying an object in unknown environments

CF Juang, MG Lai, WT Zeng - IEEE transactions on cybernetics, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents a method that allows two wheeled, mobile robots to navigate unknown
environments while cooperatively carrying an object. In the navigation method, a leader …