A Pheromone-Rate-Based Analysis on the Convergence Time of ACO Algorithm - Huang, Han; Wu, Chun-Guo; Hao, Zhi-Feng (IEEE transactions on systems, man and cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics, 2009)
Keywords: Algorithm design and analysis; Algorithms; Animals; Ant colony optimization; Ant colony optimization (ACO); Ants - physiology; Artificial intelligence; Biological system modeling; Combinatorial analysis; Computer science; Convergence; Convergence of numerical methods; convergence time; Cybernetics; Cybernetics - methods; Deviation; Iterative methods; Laboratories; Markov Chains; Mathematical models; Models, Biological; Models, Statistical; nature-inspired cybernetic mechanisms; Optimization; pheromone rate; Pheromones - physiology; Runtime; runtime analysis