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<table class="figure-group"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sp/volume-2016/5136327/figures/5136327.fig.001a.svgz" name="5136327.fig.001a" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(a) </b>Ants walk on a route between nest A and food source E</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sp/volume-2016/5136327/figures/5136327.fig.001b.svgz" name="5136327.fig.001b" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(b) </b>An obstacle appears and the ants try to avoid it</td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><object data="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/sp/volume-2016/5136327/figures/5136327.fig.001c.svgz" name="5136327.fig.001c" type="image/svg+xml"></object></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td><b>(c) </b>Ants select the shorter route</td></tr></table>

<div>An example of Natural Ant System [<a href="/journals/sp/2016/5136327/#B6">6</a>].</div>

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