Population declining ant colony optimization algorithm and its applications

Population declining ant colony optimization (PDACO) algorithm is proposed and applied to the traveling salesman problem (TSP) and multiuser detection in this paper. Ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithms have already successfully been used in combinatorial optimization, however, as the pheromone accumulates, we may not get a global optimum because it stops searching early. PDACO can enlarge searching range through increasing the initial population of the ant colony, and the population declines in successive iterations. So, the performance of PDACO is superior with the same computational complexity. PDACO is applied to TSP and multiuser detection. Via computer simulations it is shown that PDACO has better performance in solving these two problems than ACO algorithms.     

A novel particle swarm optimizer hybridized with extremal optimization

Particle swarm optimization (PSO) has received increasing interest from the optimization community due to its simplicity in implementation and its inexpensive computational overhead. However, PSO has premature convergence, especially in complex multimodal functions. Extremal optimization (EO) is a recently developed local-search heuristic method and has been successfully applied to a wide variety of hard optimization problems. To overcome the limitation of PSO, this paper proposes a novel hybrid algorithm, called hybrid PSO–EO algorithm, through introducing EO to PSO. The hybrid approach elegantly combines the exploration ability of PSO with the exploitation ability of EO. We testify the performance of the proposed approach on a suite of unimodal/multimodal benchmark functions and provide comparisons with other meta-heuristics. The proposed approach is shown to have superior performance and great capability of preventing premature convergence across it comparing favorably with the other algorithms.     

蚁群算法在多用户检测中的应用及其改进

首先基于蚁群算法建立了一个多用户检测问题的模型,在这个模型中,蚁群算法得到了简化并且更加利于并行计算.随后将最大-最小的蚂蚁系统用于多用户检测,并通过分析算法的缺陷提出了一种蚁群算法与禁忌搜索相结合的混合算法.通过对多用户检测问题的试验仿真表明,改进算法不仅操作简单,而且全局搜索能力有了显著的提高.     

A comparative study of the improvement of performance using a PSO modified by ACO applied to TSP

Swarm-inspired optimization has become very popular in recent years. Particle swarm optimization (PSO) and Ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithms have attracted the interest of researchers due to their simplicity, effectiveness and efficiency in solving complex optimization problems. Both ACO and PSO were successfully applied for solving the traveling salesman problem (TSP). Performance of the conventional PSO algorithm for small problems with moderate dimensions and search space is very satisfactory. As the search, space gets more complex, conventional approaches tend to offer poor solutions. This paper presents a novel approach by introducing a PSO, which is modified by the ACO algorithm to improve the performance. The new hybrid method (PSO–ACO) is validated using the TSP benchmarks and the empirical results considering the completion time and the best length, illustrate that the proposed method is efficient.     

改进的蚁群算法求解蛋白质折叠问题

针对蛋白质折叠问题的二维格点模型(2DHP)提出了一种改进的蚁群算法(ACO).受链生长型算法Pruned-Enriched Rosenbluth Mvthod(PERM)的启发,在计算迹的时候增加了一个新的信息量,使得改进后的蚁群算法具有较快的收敛速度,同时采用基于极值动力学的优化方法(EO)进行局部搜索.求解基准实例的结果表明,该算法能够在保证解质量的前提下能大大缩短计算时间.     

Inducing decision trees with an ant colony optimization algorithm

Decision trees have been widely used in data mining and machine learning as a comprehensible knowledge representation. While ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithms have been successfully applied to extract classification rules, decision tree induction with ACO algorithms remains an almost unexplored research area. In this paper we propose a novel ACO algorithm to induce decision trees, combining commonly used strategies from both traditional decision tree induction algorithms and ACO. The proposed algorithm is compared against three decision tree induction algorithms, namely C4.5, CART and cACDT, in 22 publicly available data sets. The results show that the predictive accuracy of the proposed algorithm is statistically significantly higher than the accuracy of both C4.5 and CART, which are well-known conventional algorithms for decision tree induction, and the accuracy of the ACO-based cACDT decision tree algorithm.     

Multiobjective optimization using population-based extremal optimization

In recent years, a general-purpose local-search heuristic method called Extremal Optimization (EO) has been successfully applied in some NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems. In this paper, we present a novel Pareto-based algorithm, which can be regarded as an extension of EO, to solve multiobjective optimization problems. The proposed method, called Multiobjective Population-based Extremal Optimization (MOPEO), is validated by using five benchmark functions and metrics taken from the standard literature on multiobjective evolutionary optimization. The experimental results demonstrate that MOPEO is competitive with the state-of-the-art multiobjective evolutionary algorithms. Thus MOPEO can be considered as a viable alternative to solve multiobjective optimization problems.     

A novel two-stage hybrid swarm intelligence optimization algorithm and application

This paper presents a novel two-stage hybrid swarm intelligence optimization algorithm called GA–PSO–ACO algorithm that combines the evolution ideas of the genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization and ant colony optimization based on the compensation for solving the traveling salesman problem. In the proposed hybrid algorithm, the whole process is divided into two stages. In the first stage, we make use of the randomicity, rapidity and wholeness of the genetic algorithms and particle swarm optimization to obtain a series of sub-optimal solutions (rough searching) to adjust the initial allocation of pheromone in the ACO. In the second stage, we make use of these advantages of the parallel, positive feedback and high accuracy of solution to implement solving of whole problem (detailed searching). To verify the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed hybrid algorithm, various scale benchmark problems from TSPLIB are tested to demonstrate the potential of the proposed two-stage hybrid swarm intelligence optimization algorithm. The simulation examples demonstrate that the GA–PSO–ACO algorithm can greatly improve the computing efficiency for solving the TSP and outperforms the Tabu Search, genetic algorithms, particle swarm optimization, ant colony optimization, PS–ACO and other methods in solution quality. And the experimental results demonstrate that convergence is faster and better when the scale of TSP increases.     

A low-complexity hybrid algorithm based on particle swarm and ant colony optimization for large-MIMO detection

With rapid increase in demand for higher data rates, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication systems are getting increased research attention because of their high capacity achieving capability. However, the practical implementation of MIMO systems rely on the computational complexity incurred in detection of the transmitted information symbols. The minimum bit error rate performance (BER) can be achieved by using maximum likelihood (ML) search based detection, but it is computationally impractical when number of transmit antennas increases. In this paper, we present a low-complexity hybrid algorithm (HA) to solve the symbol vector detection problem in large-MIMO systems. The proposed algorithm is inspired from the two well known bio-inspired optimization algorithms namely, particle swarm optimization (PSO) algorithm and ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm. In the proposed algorithm, we devise a new probabilistic search approach which combines the distance based search of ants in ACO algorithm and the velocity based search of particles in PSO algorithm. The motivation behind using the hybrid of ACO and PSO is to avoid premature convergence to a local solution and to improve the convergence rate. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm outperforms the popular minimum mean squared error (MMSE) algorithm and the existing ACO algorithms in terms of BER performance while achieve a near ML performance which makes the algorithm suitable for reliable detection in large-MIMO systems. Furthermore, a faster convergence to achieve a target BER is observed which results in reduction in computational efforts.     

Reliability optimization of topology communication network design using an improved ant colony optimization

Network design problem is a well-known NP-hard problem which involves the selection of a subset of possible links or a network topology in order to minimize the network cost subjected to the reliability constraint. To overcome the problem, this paper proposes a new efficiency algorithm based on the conventional ant colony optimization (ACO) to solve the communication network design when considering both economics and reliability. The proposed method is called improved ant colony optimizations (IACO) which introduces two addition techniques in order to improve the search process, i.e. neighborhood search and re-initialization process. To show its efficiency, IACO is applied to test with three different topology network systems and its results are compared with those obtained results from the conventional approaches, i.e. genetic algorithm (GA), tabu search algorithm (TSA) and ACO. Simulation results, obtained these test problems with various constraints, shown that the proposed approach is superior to the conventional algorithms both solution quality and computational time.     

An efficient hybrid approach based on PSO, ACO and k-means for cluster analysis

Clustering is a popular data analysis and data mining technique. A popular technique for clustering is based on k-means such that the data is partitioned into K clusters. However, the k-means algorithm highly depends on the initial state and converges to local optimum solution. This paper presents a new hybrid evolutionary algorithm to solve nonlinear partitional clustering problem. The proposed hybrid evolutionary algorithm is the combination of FAPSO (fuzzy adaptive particle swarm optimization), ACO (ant colony optimization) and k-means algorithms, called FAPSO-ACO–K, which can find better cluster partition. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated through several benchmark data sets. The simulation results show that the performance of the proposed algorithm is better than other algorithms such as PSO, ACO, simulated annealing (SA), combination of PSO and SA (PSO–SA), combination of ACO and SA (ACO–SA), combination of PSO and ACO (PSO–ACO), genetic algorithm (GA), Tabu search (TS), honey bee mating optimization (HBMO) and k-means for partitional clustering problem.     

基于多蚁群的并行ACO算法

通过改变蚁群优化(ACO)算法行为,提出一种新的ACO并行化策略——并行多蚁群ACO算法。针对蚁群算法存在停滞现象的缺点,改进选择策略,实现具有自适应并行机制的选择和搜索策略,以加强其全局搜索能力。并行处理采用数据并行的手段,能减少处理器间的通信时间并获得更好的解。以对称TSP测试集为对象进行比较实验,结果表明,该算法相对于串行算法及现有的并行算法具有一定的优势。     

基于增强蚁群优化的海量规模MIMO系统快速检测算法

大规模MIMO系统的符号向量检测算法计算复杂度较高,对此结合粒子群优化与蚁群优化提出一种低计算复杂度的海量规模MIMO系统快速检测算法。首先,推导出一种新的概率搜索模型,将基于距离的蚁群搜索与基于速度的粒子搜索结合;然后,将ACO距离指标与PSO的方向、速度指标结合生成一种新的概率指标,将ACO的信息素更新步骤变为PSO速度的更新;最终,将MIMO检测问题建模为路径寻找问题,寻找MIMO符号检测问题的次优解。对比仿真实验结果表明,本算法的检测性能优于部分传统算法以及其他新颖的MIMO检测算法,在获得与最大似然估计检测法接近的误码率性能下,具有极快的计算速度,适用于海量规模的MIMO系统。     

An ant colony optimization for single-machine tardiness scheduling with sequence-dependent setups

In many real-world production systems, it requires an explicit consideration of sequence-dependent setup times when scheduling jobs. As for the scheduling criterion, the weighted tardiness is always regarded as one of the most important criteria in practical systems. While the importance of the weighted tardiness problem with sequence-dependent setup times has been recognized, the problem has received little attention in the scheduling literature. In this paper, we present an ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm for such a problem in a single-machine environment. The proposed ACO algorithm has several features, including introducing a new parameter for the initial pheromone trail and adjusting the timing of applying local search, among others. The proposed algorithm is experimented on the benchmark problem instances and shows its advantage over existing algorithms. As a further investigation, the algorithm is applied to the unweighted version of the problem. Experimental results show that it is very competitive with the existing best-performing algorithms.     

基于文化的连续蚂蚁优化算法的研究*

针对蚂蚁优化算法在求解连续空间问题方面的缺陷,提出一种基于文化的连续蚂蚁优化算法。该算法将蚂蚁优化算法纳入文化算法的框架,组成基于蚂蚁优化算法的主群体和信念的两大空间。在知识和群体层面使用双重进化机制支持问题的求解和知识的提取,从而充分利用精英蚂蚁所携带的特征信息,在很大程度上提高了收敛速度,增强了搜索的多样性。实验结果表明,该算法求解速度快、寻优成功率高,是一种提高蚂蚁优化算法性能的有效算法。     

Multi-satellite control resource scheduling based on ant colony optimization

The multi-satellite control resource scheduling problem (MSCRSP) is a kind of large-scale combinatorial optimization problem. As the solution space of the problem is sparse, the optimization process is very complicated. Ant colony optimization as one of heuristic method is wildly used by other researchers to solve many practical problems. An algorithm of multi-satellite control resource scheduling problem based on ant colony optimization (MSCRSP–ACO) is presented in this paper. The main idea of MSCRSP–ACO is that pheromone trail update by two stages to avoid algorithm trapping into local optima. The main procedures of this algorithm contain three processes. Firstly, the data get by satellite control center should be preprocessed according to visible arcs. Secondly, aiming to minimize the working burden as optimization objective, the optimization model of MSCRSP, called complex independent set model (CISM), is developed based on visible arcs and working periods. Ant colony algorithm can be used directly to solve CISM. Lastly, a novel ant colony algorithm, called MSCRSP–ACO, is applied to CISM. From the definition of pheromone and heuristic information to the updating strategy of pheromone is described detailed. The effect of parameters on the algorithm performance is also studied by experimental method. The experiment results demonstrate that the global exploration ability and solution quality of the MSCRSP–ACO is superior to existed algorithms such as genetic algorithm, iterative repair algorithm and max–min ant system.     

面向多用户检测的蚁群算法及其改进

基于蚁群算法建立了一个多用户检测问题的模型,在这个模型中,蚁群算法得到了简化并且更加利于并行计算.随后将基于优化排序的蚂蚁系统用于多用户检测,并通过分析算法的缺陷提出了一种蚁群算法与进化规划相结合的混合算法,扩大了搜索空间,降低了搜索陷入局部极小的概率.通过对多用户检测问题的试验仿真表明,改进算法不仅操作简单,而且全局搜索能力有了显著的提高.     

基于聚类的蚂蚁优化算法

尽管蚁群优化算法在优化计算中有大量应用，但在大规模优化问题中蚁群算法仍存在搜索时间过长、易于停滞现象等等应用瓶颈。基于这些原因，根据经济学组织交易成本理论，文中提出一种新的通过聚类来降低优化问题规模的蚁群优化算法：基于聚类的蚂蚁优化算法，并从理论上表明比其他蚁群优化算法提高了收敛速度并延迟停滞现象。     

基于AQ覆盖框架的蚁群规则集学习算法

针对规则集学习问题,提出一种遵循典型AQ覆盖算法框架（AQ Covering Algorithm）的蚁群规则集学习算法（Ant-AQ）。在Ant-AQ算法中,AQ覆盖框架中的柱状搜索特化过程被蚁群搜索特化过程替代,从某种程度上减少了陷入局优的情况。在对照测试中,Ant-AQ算法分别和已有的经典规则集学习算法（CN2、AQ-15）以及R.S.Parpinelli等提出的另一种基于蚁群优化的规则学习算法 Ant-Miner在若干典型规则学习问题数据集上进行了比较。实验结果表明：首先,Ant-AQ算法在总体性能比较上要优于经典规则学习算法,其次,Ant-AQ算法在预测准确度这样关键的评价指标上优于Ant-Miner算法。     

基于超级账本的蚁群因子差分进化算法的可信服务组合优化

为了保障服务组合优化过程中的QoS数据的真实性,提出了一种基于超级账本平台的可信框架;同时为了提高服务组合的优化效率,提出了一种蚁群因子的差分进化算法的服务组合优化方法(ACOF-DE)。首先,在超级账本平台上部署相应节点,构建可信框架,保障候选服务的真实性;然后,将所提出的算法以智能合约的形式,在区块链上对服务组合的优化问题进行求解,使组合过程在可信的环境下执行。该算法通过引入多种蚁群因子,比如蚁群路径因子、最优蚁群因子、信息素因子以及基于蚁群因子的差分计算,帮助算法动态控制搜索空间、记录迭代过程中的关键信息,以提高算法优化能力。最后,通过仿真实验证明可信框架可以有效地保障数据的可信;ACOF-DE相比其他智能优化算法拥有更佳的优化效率。