Parameter tuning of ant system using fuzzy logic controller

• Main Authors: Wong, Kuan Yew, Komarudin, Komarudin
• Format: Article
• Published: Inderscience Enterprises 2012
• Subjects: TJ Mechanical engineering and machinery
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/32990/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJOR.2012.048863
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper examines the tuning of ant system's (AS's) parameters using fuzzy logic controller (FLC). Particularly, four basic parameters of the AS algorithm are tuned using FLC, i.e. number of ants, pheromone information parameter, heuristic information parameter and evaporation rate. The...