Research Article

Ant Colony Optimization for Social Utility Maximization in a Multiuser Communication System

Table 1

Parameter setting for the proposed SAACO algorithm.

ParameterDescriptionsSettings

Number of ants10
Rate to reduce the local search range0.9
Threshold of the local search range for stopping criteria0.01
min_stepLocal search range0.5
max_stepGlobal search range1.0
The pheromone evaporation rate 0.9
Proportional ratio0.1
Probability of global search0.7