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Path searching system using multiple groups of cooperating agents and method thereof

  • US 20040143560A1
  • Filed: 12/23/2003
  • Published: 07/22/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2003
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A path searching system based on ant colony optimization, said path searching system comprising:

  • at least one storage medium; and

    a path searching engine, coupled to said at least one storage medium, said path searching engine being adapted to perform path searching cycles on a source graph to thereby determine an optimal path between a start node and a destination node, said source graph having a plurality of node links and a plurality of nodes including said start node and said destination node, said path searching cycles being based upon local searching heuristic and global pheromone updating rules.

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