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Code of the Ants' Problem

Author : Pseudon
Publisher : Pattern Books
ISBN 13 : 8871891236
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (718 download)

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Code of the Ants' Problem

Author : Pseudon
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781983638084
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Ant Colony Optimization

Author : Marco Dorigo
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262042192
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (421 download)

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Download or read book Ant Colony Optimization written by Marco Dorigo and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004-06-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the rapidly growing field of ant colony optimization that describes theoretical findings, the major algorithms, and current applications. The complex social behaviors of ants have been much studied by science, and computer scientists are now finding that these behavior patterns can provide models for solving difficult combinatorial optimization problems. The attempt to develop algorithms inspired by one aspect of ant behavior, the ability to find what computer scientists would call shortest paths, has become the field of ant colony optimization (ACO), the most successful and widely recognized algorithmic technique based on ant behavior. This book presents an overview of this rapidly growing field, from its theoretical inception to practical applications, including descriptions of many available ACO algorithms and their uses. The book first describes the translation of observed ant behavior into working optimization algorithms. The ant colony metaheuristic is then introduced and viewed in the general context of combinatorial optimization. This is followed by a detailed description and guide to all major ACO algorithms and a report on current theoretical findings. The book surveys ACO applications now in use, including routing, assignment, scheduling, subset, machine learning, and bioinformatics problems. AntNet, an ACO algorithm designed for the network routing problem, is described in detail. The authors conclude by summarizing the progress in the field and outlining future research directions. Each chapter ends with bibliographic material, bullet points setting out important ideas covered in the chapter, and exercises. Ant Colony Optimization will be of interest to academic and industry researchers, graduate students, and practitioners who wish to learn how to implement ACO algorithms.

Designing an Internet

Author : David D. Clark
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262038609
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Designing an Internet written by David D. Clark and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-10-30 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why the Internet was designed to be the way it is, and how it could be different, now and in the future. How do you design an internet? The architecture of the current Internet is the product of basic design decisions made early in its history. What would an internet look like if it were designed, today, from the ground up? In this book, MIT computer scientist David Clark explains how the Internet is actually put together, what requirements it was designed to meet, and why different design decisions would create different internets. He does not take today's Internet as a given but tries to learn from it, and from alternative proposals for what an internet might be, in order to draw some general conclusions about network architecture. Clark discusses the history of the Internet, and how a range of potentially conflicting requirements—including longevity, security, availability, economic viability, management, and meeting the needs of society—shaped its character. He addresses both the technical aspects of the Internet and its broader social and economic contexts. He describes basic design approaches and explains, in terms accessible to nonspecialists, how networks are designed to carry out their functions. (An appendix offers a more technical discussion of network functions for readers who want the details.) He considers a range of alternative proposals for how to design an internet, examines in detail the key requirements a successful design must meet, and then imagines how to design a future internet from scratch. It's not that we should expect anyone to do this; but, perhaps, by conceiving a better future, we can push toward it.

Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IX

Author : Thomas Philip Runarsson
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540389903
Total Pages : 1079 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IX written by Thomas Philip Runarsson and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-09-13 with total page 1079 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, PPSN 2006. The book presents 106 revised full papers covering a wide range of topics, from evolutionary computation to swarm intelligence and bio-inspired computing to real-world applications. These are organized in topical sections on theory, new algorithms, applications, multi-objective optimization, evolutionary learning, as well as representations, operators, and empirical evaluation.

Computational Intelligence Paradigms for Optimization Problems Using MATLAB®/SIMULINK®

Author : S. Sumathi
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1498743722
Total Pages : 731 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (987 download)

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Download or read book Computational Intelligence Paradigms for Optimization Problems Using MATLAB®/SIMULINK® written by S. Sumathi and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 731 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Considered one of the most innovative research directions, computational intelligence (CI) embraces techniques that use global search optimization, machine learning, approximate reasoning, and connectionist systems to develop efficient, robust, and easy-to-use solutions amidst multiple decision variables, complex constraints, and tumultuous environments. CI techniques involve a combination of learning, adaptation, and evolution used for intelligent applications. Computational Intelligence Paradigms for Optimization Problems Using MATLAB®/ Simulink® explores the performance of CI in terms of knowledge representation, adaptability, optimality, and processing speed for different real-world optimization problems. Focusing on the practical implementation of CI techniques, this book: Discusses the role of CI paradigms in engineering applications such as unit commitment and economic load dispatch, harmonic reduction, load frequency control and automatic voltage regulation, job shop scheduling, multidepot vehicle routing, and digital image watermarking Explains the impact of CI on power systems, control systems, industrial automation, and image processing through the above-mentioned applications Shows how to apply CI algorithms to constraint-based optimization problems using MATLAB® m-files and Simulink® models Includes experimental analyses and results of test systems Computational Intelligence Paradigms for Optimization Problems Using MATLAB®/ Simulink® provides a valuable reference for industry professionals and advanced undergraduate, postgraduate, and research students.

Ant Colony Optimization

Author : Helio Barbosa
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 9535110012
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (351 download)

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Download or read book Ant Colony Optimization written by Helio Barbosa and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is the best example of how studies aimed at understanding and modeling the behavior of ants and other social insects can provide inspiration for the development of computational algorithms for the solution of difficult mathematical problems. Introduced by Marco Dorigo in his PhD thesis (1992) and initially applied to the travelling salesman problem, the ACO field has experienced a tremendous growth, standing today as an important nature-inspired stochastic metaheuristic for hard optimization problems. This book presents state-of-the-art ACO methods and is divided into two parts: (I) Techniques, which includes parallel implementations, and (II) Applications, where recent contributions of ACO to diverse fields, such as traffic congestion and control, structural optimization, manufacturing, and genomics are presented.

Hearings, Reports and Prints of the Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 1492 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (36 download)

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New Optimization Techniques in Engineering

Author : Godfrey C. Onwubolu
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3540399305
Total Pages : 716 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book New Optimization Techniques in Engineering written by Godfrey C. Onwubolu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-03-14 with total page 716 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presently, general-purpose optimization techniques such as Simulated Annealing, and Genetic Algorithms, have become standard optimization techniques. Concerted research efforts have been made recently in order to invent novel optimization techniques for solving real life problems, which have the attributes of memory update and population-based search solutions. The book describes a variety of these novel optimization techniques which in most cases outperform the standard optimization techniques in many application areas. New Optimization Techniques in Engineering reports applications and results of the novel optimization techniques considering a multitude of practical problems in the different engineering disciplines – presenting both the background of the subject area and the techniques for solving the problems.

Regulatory Program of the United States Government

Author : United States. Office of Management and Budget
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 722 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)

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Adventures among Ants

Author : Mark W. Moffett
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520945417
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Adventures among Ants written by Mark W. Moffett and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2010-05-05 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intrepid international explorer, biologist, and photographer Mark W. Moffett, "the Indiana Jones of entomology," takes us around the globe on a strange and colorful journey in search of the hidden world of ants. In tales from Nigeria, Indonesia, the Amazon, Australia, California, and elsewhere, Moffett recounts his entomological exploits and provides fascinating details on how ants live and how they dominate their ecosystems through strikingly human behaviors, yet at a different scale and a faster tempo. Moffett’s spectacular close-up photographs shrink us down to size, so that we can observe ants in familiar roles; warriors, builders, big-game hunters, and slave owners. We find them creating marketplaces and assembly lines and dealing with issues we think of as uniquely human—including hygiene, recycling, and warfare. Adventures among Ants introduces some of the world’s most awe-inspiring species and offers a startling new perspective on the limits of our own perception. • Ants are world-class road builders, handling traffic problems on thoroughfares that dwarf our highway systems in their complexity • Ants with the largest societies often deploy complicated military tactics • Some ants have evolved from hunter-gatherers into farmers, domesticating other insects and growing crops for food

Swarm Intelligence

Author : Felix Chan
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3902613092
Total Pages : 550 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (26 download)

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Download or read book Swarm Intelligence written by Felix Chan and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2007-12-01 with total page 550 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the era globalisation the emerging technologies are governing engineering industries to a multifaceted state. The escalating complexity has demanded researchers to find the possible ways of easing the solution of the problems. This has motivated the researchers to grasp ideas from the nature and implant it in the engineering sciences. This way of thinking led to emergence of many biologically inspired algorithms that have proven to be efficient in handling the computationally complex problems with competence such as Genetic Algorithm (GA), Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), etc. Motivated by the capability of the biologically inspired algorithms the present book on "Swarm Intelligence: Focus on Ant and Particle Swarm Optimization" aims to present recent developments and applications concerning optimization with swarm intelligence techniques. The papers selected for this book comprise a cross-section of topics that reflect a variety of perspectives and disciplinary backgrounds. In addition to the introduction of new concepts of swarm intelligence, this book also presented some selected representative case studies covering power plant maintenance scheduling; geotechnical engineering; design and machining tolerances; layout problems; manufacturing process plan; job-shop scheduling; structural design; environmental dispatching problems; wireless communication; water distribution systems; multi-plant supply chain; fault diagnosis of airplane engines; and process scheduling. I believe these 27 chapters presented in this book adequately reflect these topics.

Handbook of Metaheuristics

Author : Fred W. Glover
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402072635
Total Pages : 560 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Handbook of Metaheuristics written by Fred W. Glover and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-01-31 with total page 560 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides both the research and practitioner communities with a comprehensive coverage of the metaheuristic methodologies that have proven to be successful in a wide variety of real-world problem settings. Moreover, it is these metaheuristic strategies that hold particular promise for success in the future. The various chapters serve as stand alone presentations giving both the necessary background underpinnings as well as practical guides for implementation.

One Hundred Hungry Ants

Author : Elinor J. Pinczes
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN 13 : 0547488904
Total Pages : 37 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (474 download)

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Download or read book One Hundred Hungry Ants written by Elinor J. Pinczes and published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This book was released on 1999-09-27 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This tale of ants parading toward a picnic is “one of those rare gems capable of entertaining while it instructs” (Middlesex News). One hundred hungry ants march off single file to sample a picnic, but when the going gets too slow, they divide into two rows of fifty, then four rows of twenty-five . . . until they take so long that the picnic is gone! “The unexpected pairing of sophisticated art and light-hearted text lends this book particular distinction.” —Publishers Weekly “The illustrations . . . use a pleasing palette and energetic lines to depict ants with highly individual characters.” —Horn Book

Active and Programmable Networks for Adaptive Architectures and Services

Author : Syed Asad Hussain
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1420013653
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Book Synopsis Active and Programmable Networks for Adaptive Architectures and Services by : Syed Asad Hussain

Download or read book Active and Programmable Networks for Adaptive Architectures and Services written by Syed Asad Hussain and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2006-12-15 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most conventional networks are passive, with only basic traffic monitoring, management, routing, and congestion control. At best, they can be called reactive. Deploying new functions and integrating new standards into these architectures is difficult due to the rigid embedding of software and hardware into the network components. Active and Program

Swarm Intelligence

Author : Eric Bonabeau
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198030150
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)

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Download or read book Swarm Intelligence written by Eric Bonabeau and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1999-09-23 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social insects--ants, bees, termites, and wasps--can be viewed as powerful problem-solving systems with sophisticated collective intelligence. Composed of simple interacting agents, this intelligence lies in the networks of interactions among individuals and between individuals and the environment. A fascinating subject, social insects are also a powerful metaphor for artificial intelligence, and the problems they solve--finding food, dividing labor among nestmates, building nests, responding to external challenges--have important counterparts in engineering and computer science. This book provides a detailed look at models of social insect behavior and how to apply these models in the design of complex systems. The book shows how these models replace an emphasis on control, preprogramming, and centralization with designs featuring autonomy, emergence, and distributed functioning. These designs are proving immensely flexible and robust, able to adapt quickly to changing environments and to continue functioning even when individual elements fail. In particular, these designs are an exciting approach to the tremendous growth of complexity in software and information. Swarm Intelligence draws on up-to-date research from biology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, robotics, operations research, and computer graphics, and each chapter is organized around a particular biological example, which is then used to develop an algorithm, a multiagent system, or a group of robots. The book will be an invaluable resource for a broad range of disciplines.

Bio-inspired Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem

Author : Francisco Baptista Pereira
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 3540851518
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (48 download)

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Book Synopsis Bio-inspired Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem by : Francisco Baptista Pereira

Download or read book Bio-inspired Algorithms for the Vehicle Routing Problem written by Francisco Baptista Pereira and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-29 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is one of the most famous combinatorial optimization problems. In simple terms, the goal is to determine a set of routes with overall minimum cost that can satisfy several geographical scattered demands. Biological inspired computation is a field devoted to the development of computational tools modeled after principles that exist in natural systems. The adoption of such design principles enables the production of problem solving techniques with enhanced robustness and flexibility, able to tackle complex optimization situations. The goal of the volume is to present a collection of state-of-the-art contributions describing recent developments concerning the application of bio-inspired algorithms to the VRP. Over the 9 chapters, different algorithmic approaches are considered and a diverse set of problem variants are addressed. Some contributions focus on standard benchmarks widely adopted by the research community, while others address real-world situations.