Daily Archives: February 5, 2014


The Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm & Chess

From Popular Science (h/t kdh): Searching for new solutions to the knight’s tour, a problem that has intrigued mathematicians for centuries, University of Nottingham computer scientist Graham Kendall and a colleague turned to simulated ants. They used the ant colony optimization algorithm, a swarm intelligence technique based on the behavior of ants looking to […]