Are COMPETants more competent for problem solving? The case of a multiple objective transportation problem.

In this paper we propose a multi-colony Ant System, where the colonies solve a multi-objective optimization problem concerned with goods transportation. The colonies differ from each other by the heuristic information, which guides their search through the solution space. Information exchange occurs...

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Main Authors: Doerner, Karl, Hartl, Richard F., Reimann, Marc
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: SFB Adaptive Information Systems and Modelling in Economics and Management Science, WU Vienna University of Economics and Business 2001
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Online Access:http://epub.wu.ac.at/1660/1/document.pdf