Ant colony clustering based on sampling for community detection

2014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiangjing Song ◽  
Junzhong Ji ◽  
Cuicui Yang ◽  
Xiuzhen Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Community Detection ◽  
Ant Colony ◽  
Ant Colony Clustering

An Analysis of Ant Colony Clustering Methods: Models, Algorithms and Applications

2011 ◽  
Vol 3 (11) ◽  
pp. 112-121 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gong Zhe ◽  
Li Dan ◽  
An Baoyu ◽  
Ou Yangxi ◽  
Cui Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Ant Colony ◽  
Clustering Methods ◽  
Ant Colony Clustering

A Multi-Robot System Using Mobile Agents with Ant Colony Clustering

2010 ◽  
pp. 174-192
Author(s):  
Yasushi Kambayashi ◽  
Yasuhiro Tsujimura ◽  
Hidemi Yamachi ◽  
Munehiro Takimoto
Keyword(s):  
Communication Networks ◽  
Mobile Agents ◽  
Software Agents ◽  
Ant Colony ◽  
Multiple Robots ◽  
Robot System ◽  
Mobile Software ◽  
Robot Systems ◽  
Ant Colony Clustering ◽  
Multi Robot

This chapter presents a framework using novel methods for controlling mobile multiple robots directed by mobile agents on a communication networks. Instead of physical movement of multiple robots, mobile software agents migrate from one robot to another so that the robots more efficiently complete their task. In some applications, it is desirable that multiple robots draw themselves together automatically. In order to avoid excessive energy consumption, we employ mobile software agents to locate robots scattered in a field, and cause them to autonomously determine their moving behaviors by using a clustering algorithm based on the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) method. ACO is the swarm-intelligence-based method that exploits artificial stigmergy for the solution of combinatorial optimization problems. Preliminary experiments have provided a favorable result. Even though there is much room to improve the collaboration of multiple agents and ACO, the current results suggest a promising direction for the design of control mechanisms for multi-robot systems. In this chapter, we focus on the implementation of the controlling mechanism of the multi-robot system using mobile agents.

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