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This paper presents and implements an approach to parallel ACO algorithms. The principal idea is to make multiple ant colonies share and utilize only one pheromone matrix. We call it SHOP (SHaring One Pheromone matrix) approach. We apply this idea to the two currently best instances of ACO sequential algorithms (MMAS and ACS), and try to hybridize these two different ACO instances. We mainly describe how to design parallel ACS and MMAS based on SHOP. We present our computing results of applying our approach to solving 10 symmetric traveling salesman problems, and give comparisons with the relevant sequential versions under the fair computing environment. The experimental results indicate that SHOP-ACO algorithms perform overall better than the sequential ACO algorithms in both the computation time and solution quality.
Supported by 211 Project of Soochow University, PRC.
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Lv, Q., Xia, X., Qian, P. (2006). A Parallel ACO Approach Based on One Pheromone Matrix. In: Dorigo, M., Gambardella, L.M., Birattari, M., Martinoli, A., Poli, R., Stützle, T. (eds) Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence. ANTS 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4150. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11839088_30
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