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Ant colony optimization algorithms for solving transportation problems

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The work is devoted to solving transportation problems with ant colony algorithms. These algorithms are based on the simulation of the behavior of an ant colony. Several modifications of the ant colony algorithm are developed.

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Original Russian Text © A.A. Kazharov, V.M. Kureichik, 2010, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk. Teoriya i Sistemy Upravleniya, 2010, No. 1, pp. 32–45.

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Kazharov, A.A., Kureichik, V.M. Ant colony optimization algorithms for solving transportation problems. J. Comput. Syst. Sci. Int. 49, 30–43 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1064230710010053

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