chapter ten

10 Other Swarm Intelligence Algorithms to Explore

 

This chapter covers

  • Getting familiar with ant colony optimization (ACO) metaheuristics
  • Understanding different variants of ACO
  • Understanding Artificial Bee Colony (ABC)
  • Understanding the adaptation aspects of these SI algorithms
  • Applying these SI algorithms to solve continuous and discrete optimization problems

10.1 Meet the Amazing Ant: Nature's Tiny Problem-Solvers

10.2 Ants in Action: Ant Colony Optimization Meta-Heuristics

10.3 ACO Variants

10.3.1 Simple ACO (SACO)

10.3.2 Ant System (AS) Algorithm

10.3.3 Ant Colony System (ACS) Algorithm

10.3.4 Max-Min Ant System (MMAS) Algorithm

10.4 From Hive to Optimization

10.5 Exploring Artificial Bee Colony (ABC) Algorithm

10.6 Exercises

10.7 Summary