An ACO-Based Tool-Path Optimizer for 3-D Printing Applications - Fok, Kai-Yin; Cheng, Chi-Tsun; Ganganath, Nuwan; Iu, Herbert Ho-Ching; Tse, Chi K. (IEEE transactions on industrial informatics, 2019)
Keywords: 3-D printers; Ant colony optimization; Ant colony optimization (ACO); arc routing; Computing time; Erbium; layered additive manufacturing; Optimization; rural postman problem; Solid modeling; Solvers; Three dimensional models; Three dimensional printing; Three-dimensional displays; tool-path optimization; Visualization