A Hybrid Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Multi-Compartment Vehicle Routing Problem by Ning Guo, Bin Qian, Rong Hu, Huai P. Jin, Feng H. Xiang

“…In this paper, an improved hybrid ant colony optimization algorithm (IHACO) is proposed to minimize the total mileage of the MCVRP. …”
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Educar para la paz, una necesidad urgente ante entornos de violencias by Iván Arrazola Cortés, Dolores del Carmen Chinas Salazar, Francisco Javier Lozano Martínez

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Improved ant colony algorithm based cloud computing user task scheduling algorithm by Sining LUO, Hualong WANG, Hongyu LI, Wei PENG

“…In recent years,with the development of power information,more and more power applications and tasks are deployed in the cloud.Because of the dynamic heterogeneity of cloud resources and power applications,it is a challenge in the cloud computing system to realize resource division and task scheduling.Power applications need to be able to achieve a rapid response and minimum completion time,and schedulers should consider the load of each cloud computing node to ensure the reliability of cloud computing.A task scheduling algorithm based on the algorithm of improving an ant colony was proposed to solve the problem of task scheduling in virtual machines.Through the improvement of the standard ant colony algorithm,the task scheduling time was reduced and load balancing was realized while minimizing the overall completion time.The results show that the algorithm can shorten the task scheduling time and realize the load balancing of cloud nodes,which provides technical basis for the optimization of power cloud computing.…”
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Source Distance has No Effect on Load Size in the Leaf-Cutting Ant, Atta Cephalotes by James K. Wetterer

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Pseudacteon Parasitoids of Azteca instabilis Ants in Southern Mexico (Diptera: Phoridae; Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Brian V. Brown, Stacy M. Philpott

“…Three new species of the genus Pseudacteon are described, all from Chiapas, Mexico, and all of which are parasitoids of the ant Azteca instabilis. Sternite 6 of Pseudacteon dorymyrmecis Borgmeier is illustrated for the first time, and P. confusus Disney is synonymized with this species. …”
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FAACOSE: A Fast Adaptive Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Detecting SNP Epistasis by Lin Yuan, Chang-An Yuan, De-Shuang Huang

“…In this paper, we present a unified fast framework integrating adaptive ant colony optimization algorithm with multiobjective functions for detecting SNP epistasis in GWAS datasets. …”
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Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) by Laura Collins, Rudolph H. Scheffrahn

“…EENY-195/IN352: Red Imported Fire Ant, Solenopsis invicta Buren (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Myrmicinae) (ufl.edu) …”
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Structural Damage Detection Based on Modal Parameters Using Continuous Ant Colony Optimization by Aditi Majumdar, Bharadwaj Nanda, Dipak Kumar Maiti, Damodar Maity

“…An inverse problem is formulated to minimize the objective function, defined in terms of discrepancy between the vibration data identified by modal testing and those computed from analytical model, which then solved to locate and assess the structural damage using continuous ant colony optimization algorithm. The damage is formulated as stiffness reduction factor. …”
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An efficient load balancing algorithm for virtual machine allocation based on ant colony optimization by Peng Xu, Guimin He, Zhenhao Li, Zhongbao Zhang

“…Specifically, we customize the ant colony optimization in the context of virtual machine allocation and introduce an improved physical machine selection strategy to the basic ant colony optimization in order to prevent the premature convergence or falling into the local optima. …”
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An Evaluation of MAPIA in Michigan as an Ante-Mortem Supplemental Test for Use in Suspect Tuberculosis Cattle by Scott D. Fitzgerald, Heather A. Grodi, John B. Kaneene

“…The objective of this study was to make use of bovine tuberculosis suspect cattle from the state of Michigan to validate a multiantigen print immunoassay for use on sera to serve as an improved supplementary ante-mortem test to increase specificity of current tuberculosis testing methods. …”
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White-Footed Ant, Technomyrmex albipes (Fr. Smith) (Insecta: Hymenoptera: Formicidae: Dolichoderinae) by Jack Warner, Rudolf H. Scheffrahn, Brian Cabrera

“… The white-footed ant, Technomyrmex albipes (Fr. Smith) has been making news in Florida over the last few years as a pest ant of major importance. …”
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The Optimization of Path Planning for Express Delivery Based on Clone Adaptive Ant Colony Optimization by Yao Zhang, Yan Liu, Chaoqun Li, Yang Liu, Jie Zhou

“…This study proposes a new express delivery path planning method based on a clone adaptive ant colony optimization (CAACO) to find suboptimal solutions. …”
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Experiencia de una niña de nueve años ante la separación parental by Diana E. Hernández-Hernández, Patricia Trujano-Ruiz

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Trail Patterns and Movement of Workers Among Nests in the Ant Formica Obscuripes (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) by Kevin M. O'Neill

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Evidence that the domesticated fungus Leucoagaricus gongylophorus recycles its cytoplasmic contents as nutritional rewards to feed its leafcutter ant farmers by Caio Ambrosio Leal-Dutra, Lok Man Yuen, Bruno Augusto Maciel Guedes, Marta Contreras-Serrano, Pedro Elias Marques, Jonathan Zvi Shik

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A multitasking ant system for multi-depot pick-up and delivery location routing problem with time window by Haoyuan Lv, Ruochen Liu, Jianxia Li

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Cavity nesting ants use more, larger grains of sand for nest entrance modification in repeated emigrations by M. Marczak, A. Gruszka, M. Rolski, S. Mitrus

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Design of low-carbon planning model for vehicle path based on adaptive multi-strategy ant colony optimization algorithm by Qi Guo, Rui Li, Changjiang Zheng, Gwanggil Jeon

Subjects: “…Ant colony optimization…”
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Collaborative Cacbe Management Strategy Based on Ant-Colony Replacement Algoritbm in Named Data Networking by Lili Dong, Yong Wang, Yongqiang Dong, Peng Yang

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A Fast Fully Parallel Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm Based on CUDA for Solving TSP by Zhi Zeng, Yuxing Cai, Kwok L. Chung, Hui Lin, Jinwei Wu

“…In view of the known problems of parameter sensitivity, local optimum, and slow convergence in the ant colony optimization (ACO), we aim to improve the performance of the ACO. …”
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