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 Dorigo

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

1992

Local Search Algorithms for Combinatorial Problems - Analysis, Algorithms, and New Applications

Thomas Stuetzle

Intellectics Group, Computer Science Department, Darmstadt University of Technology, Germany.

1998

Algorithmes de fourmis artificielles : applications à la classification et à l’optimisation

Nicolas Monmarché

Université François Rabelais Tours

2000

Ameisenalgorithmen Optimierung und Modellierung (Ant Algorithms - Optimization and Modelling)

Daniel Merkle

Institut 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 Blum

IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

2004

Ant Colony Optimization and its Application to Adaptive Routing in Telecommunication Networks

Gianni Di Caro

IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

2004

The Problem of Tuning Metaheuristics, as Seen from a Machine Learning Perspective

Mauro Birattari

IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

2004

Solution Biases and Pheromone Representation Selection in Ant Colony Optimisation

E. James Montgomery

School 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 Dréo

Université de Paris

2005

Understanding how knowledge is exploited in Ant algorithms

Thomas McCallum

School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

2006

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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 Umre

School of Cognitive and Computing Sciences (COGS), University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.

Ant Colony Optimisation for Bin Packing and Cutting Stock Problems

Frederick Ducatelle

School of Artificial Intelligence, Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

2001

A Reconfigurable Mesh Algorithm Utilizing Local Convergence of Ant Colony Optimization

Stefan Janson

Institut AIFB, University of Karlsruhe

2002

Ant Colony Optimisation for Generic Planning Domains

Thomas McCallum

School 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 Manfrin

Università 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 KILIC

Air 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 Handl

Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

2003

Ant Colony Optimization for the Vehicle Routing Problem

Max Manfrin

IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

2004

Ant Colony Competition applied to switch engine assignment in Railroad Yards (In Brazilian Portuguese)

Jodelson Sabino

UFES, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Brasil

2004

Ant Colony Optimization under Uncertainty

Prasanna Balaprakash

IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium

2005

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Bibliography of artificial ant research papers

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