Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) Dissertation Bibliography
A collection of PhD and Masters Theses in the field of Ant Colony Optimization. To obtain a copy of any of the theses listed on this page please follow the link provided, note though that not all theses may be available and all authors reserve the right to distribute their work at their own discretion.
PhD Theses
Ottimizzazione, apprendimento automatico, ed algoritmi basati su metafora naturale (Optimization, Learning, and Natural Algorithms) (in Italian)
Marco DorigoPolitecnico di Milano, Italy
1992
Local Search Algorithms for Combinatorial Problems - Analysis, Algorithms, and New Applications
Thomas StuetzleIntellectics Group, Computer Science Department, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.
1998
Algorithmes de fourmis artificielles : applications à la classification et à l’optimisation
Nicolas MonmarchéUniversité François Rabelais Tours
2000
Ameisenalgorithmen Optimierung und Modellierung (Ant Algorithms - Optimization and Modelling)
Daniel MerkleInstitut AIFB, University of Karlsruhe
Ant Algorithms in Stochastic and Multi-Criteria Environments
Michael Guntsch
Institut AIFB, University of Karlsruhe
2004
Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Ant Colony Optimization
Christian BlumIRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Ant Colony Optimization and its Application to Adaptive Routing in Telecommunication Networks
Gianni Di CaroIRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2004
The Problem of Tuning Metaheuristics, as Seen from a Machine Learning Perspective
Mauro BirattariIRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Solution Biases and Pheromone Representation Selection in Ant Colony Optimisation
E. James MontgomerySchool of Information Technology, Bond University, Australia
2005
Adaptation de la métaheuristique des colonies de fourmis pour l’optimisation difficile en variables continues. Application en génie biologique et médical
Johann DréoUniversité de Paris
2005
Understanding how knowledge is exploited in Ant algorithms
Thomas McCallumSchool of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
2006
Masters Theses
Ameisenalgorithmen für das Plan Merging Problem (Ant Algorithms for the Plan Merging Problem)
Rene Michel
Institut AIFB, University of Karlsruhe
1998
Parallelisierung von Ameisenalgorithmen (Paralleisation of Ant Algorihms)
Frank Reischle
Institut AIFB, University of Karlsruhe
1999
Einsatzplanung von Fahrzeugen mittels Ameisenalgorithmen (Mission Planing for Vehicles with Ant Algorithms)
Frank Rühl
Institut AIFB, University of Karlsruhe
1999
Belegungsplanung für ein Einmaschinenproblem mit Hilfe eines Ameisenalgorithmus (Solving a One Machine Scheduling Problem with an Ant Algorithm)
Steffen Iredi
Institut of Computer Science, University of Hannover
2000
Pervasive ants: Resource allocation in dynamic and reconfigurable networks using artificial ants.
Ashish UmreSchool of Cognitive and Computing Sciences (COGS), University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Ant Colony Optimisation for Bin Packing and Cutting Stock Problems
Frederick DucatelleSchool of Artificial Intelligence, Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
2001
A Reconfigurable Mesh Algorithm Utilizing Local Convergence of Ant Colony Optimization
Stefan JansonInstitut AIFB, University of Karlsruhe
2002
Ant Colony Optimisation for Generic Planning Domains
Thomas McCallumSchool of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
2002
Metaheuristics for the Timetabling Problem
Krzysztof Socha
IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2003
Static Multi-processor Scheduling with Ant Colony Optimisation & Local Search
Graham Ritchie
School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
2003
Metaeuristiche per la costruzione degli orari dei corsi universitari (Metaheuristics for University Course Timetabling Problem)
Max ManfrinUniversità degli Studi di Firenze, Florence, Italy
2003
Chaotic Sequences to Improve ACO Algorithms
Flavio Cannavò
Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettrica Elettronica e dei Sistemi, Universit´a degli Studi di Catania
2003
Optimization and Modelling of Air Traffic Control
Sezgin KILICAir Force Academy, Aeronautics and Space Technologies Institute, Industrial Engineering Department, Istanbul
2003
Ant-based methods for tasks of clustering and topographic mapping: extensions, analysis and comparison with alternative techniques.
Julia HandlUniversität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany
2003
Ant Colony Optimization for the Vehicle Routing Problem
Max ManfrinIRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2004
Ant Colony Competition applied to switch engine assignment in Railroad Yards (In Brazilian Portuguese)
Jodelson SabinoUFES, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brasil
2004
Ant Colony Optimization under Uncertainty
Prasanna Balaprakash
IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
2005