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1、AntColony.qxd6/9/0412:15PMPage1AntColonyOptimizationAntColonyOptimizationMarcoDorigoandThomasStützleThecomplexsocialbehaviorsofantshavebeenmuchstudiedbyscience,andcomputerscientistsarenowfindingthatthesebehaviorpatternscanprovidemodelsforsolvingdifficultcombinatorialopti
2、mizationproblems.Theattempttodevelopalgorithmsinspiredbyoneaspectofantbehavior,theabilitytofindwhatcomputerscientistswouldcallshortestpaths,hasbecomethefieldofantcolonyoptimization(ACO),themostsuccessfulandwidelyrecognizedalgorithmicAntColonytechniquebasedonantbehavior.T
3、hisbookpresentsanoverviewofthisrapidlygrowingfield,fromitstheoreticalinceptiontopracticalapplications,includingdescriptionsofmanyavailableACOalgorithmsandtheiruses.Thebookfirstdescribesthetranslationofobservedantbehaviorintoworkingoptimizationalgorithms.TheantOptimizatio
4、ncolonymetaheuristicisthenintroducedandviewedinthegeneralcontextofcombinatorialoptimization.ThisisfollowedbyadetaileddescriptionandguidetoallmajorACOalgorithmsandareportoncurrenttheoreticalfindings.ThebooksurveysACOapplicationsnowinuse,includingrouting,assignment,schedul
5、ing,subset,machinelearning,andbioin-formaticsproblems.AntNet,anACOalgorithmdesignedforthenetworkroutingproblem,isdescribedindetail.TheMarcoDorigoandThomasStützleauthorsconcludebysummarizingtheprogressinthefieldandoutliningfutureresearchdirections.Eachchapterendswithbibli
6、ographicmaterial,bulletpointssettingoutimportantideascoveredinthechapter,andexercises.AntColonyOptimizationwillbeofinteresttoacademicandindustryresearchers,graduatestudents,andpractitionerswhowishtolearnhowtoimplementACOalgorithms.MarcoDorigoisresearchdirectoroftheIRIDIA
7、labattheUniversitéLibredeBruxellesandtheinventoroftheantcolonyoptimizationmetaheuristicforcombinatorialoptimizationproblems.HehasreceivedtheMarieCurieExcellenceAwardforhisresearchworkonantcolonyoptimizationandantalgorithms.HeisthecoauthorofRobotShaping(MITDorigoandStützl
8、ePress,1998)andSwarmIntelligence.ThomasStützleisAssistantProfessorintheComputerScienceDepartmentatDarms