Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Continuous Domains Based on Position Distribution Model of Ant Colony Foraging

<table class="table-group" width="800px"><tr class="fig-image" id="a"><td><img alt="428539.fig.003a" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/428539/figures/428539.fig.003a.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(a) </b>Distribution of initial ant colony</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="b"><td><img alt="428539.fig.003b" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/428539/figures/428539.fig.003b.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(b) </b>Distribution of the 50th iteration ant colony</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="c"><td><img alt="428539.fig.003c" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/428539/figures/428539.fig.003c.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(c) </b>Distribution of the 100th iteration ant colony</td></tr></table></td></tr><tr class="fig-image" id="d"><td><img alt="428539.fig.003d" src="https://static.hindawi.com/articles/tswj/volume-2014/428539/figures/428539.fig.003d.jpg"/></td></tr><tr class="fig-caption"><td align="center"><table><tr><td><b>(d) </b>Distribution of the 158th iteration ant colony</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<table>Change of the distribution of ant colony.</table>

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Figure 3: Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm for Continuous Domains Based on Position Distribution Model of Ant Colony Foraging 