Bee Colony System: Preciseness and Speed in Discrete Optimization

  • Sadegh Nourossana
  • H. Haj Seyyed Javadi
  • Hossein Erfani
  • Amir Masoud Rahmani
Part of the Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing book series (AINSC, volume 79)

Abstract

One of the useful patterns to create algorithms capable of solving complex problems is the foraging behavior of bees in finding food sources. In this article, a method has been presented for solving the complex problems in discrete spaces by simulation of this behavior of bees and also considering a memory for these bees. The proposed method has been successfully applied to solve the traveling salesman problem. The simulation results show the high ability of this algorithm in compare with the similar ones.

Keywords

Artificial life Bee colony system Discrete Optimization Traveling salesman problem 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Sadegh Nourossana
    • 1
  • H. Haj Seyyed Javadi
    • 2
  • Hossein Erfani
    • 1
  • Amir Masoud Rahmani
    • 1
  1. 1.Computer Engineering Department, Science and Research BranchIslamic Azad UniversityTehranIran
  2. 2.Department of Mathematics and Computer ScienceShahed UniversityTehranIran

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