Artificial Ants

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In computer science, Artificial Ants stand for multi-agent methods inspired by the pheromone-based communication of biological ants. Combinations of Artificial Ants and local search algorithms have become a method of choice for numerous optimization tasks involving some sort of graph, e. g., vehicle routing and internet routing. The burgeoning activity in this field has led to conferences dedicated solely to Artificial Ants, and to numerous commercial applications by specialized companies such as AntOptima.

The inventors are Frans Moyson and Bernard Manderick. Pioneers of the field include Marco Dorigo, Luca Maria Gambardella.

For more details, see the page of the paradigm Ant Colony Optimization

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