KohonAnts: A Self-Organizing Ant Algorithm for Clustering and Pattern Classification Export

@misc{citeulike:2844174, abstract = {In this paper we introduce a new ant-based method that takes advantage of the cooperative self-organization of Ant Colony Systems to create a naturally inspired clustering and pattern recognition method. The approach considers each data item as an ant, which moves inside a grid changing the cells it goes through, in a fashion similar to Kohonen's Self-Organizing Maps. The resulting algorithm is conceptually more simple, takes less free parameters than other ant-based clustering algorithms, and, after some parameter tuning, yields very good results on some benchmark problems.}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, author = {Fernandes, C. and Mora, A. M. and Merelo, J. J. and Ramos, V. and Laredo, J. L. J.}, citeulike-article-id = {2844174}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2695v1}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://arxiv.org/pdf/0803.2695v1}, day = {18}, eprint = {0803.2695v1}, keywords = {algorithm, alife, ant, clusterization, self-organization, stigmergy}, month = {Mar}, posted-at = {2008-05-29 12:53:38}, priority = {0}, title = {KohonAnts: A Self-Organizing Ant Algorithm for Clustering and Pattern Classification}, url = {http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2695v1}, year = {2008} }

TY - ELEC ID - citeulike:2844174 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2844174 N2 - In this paper we introduce a new ant-based method that takes advantage of the cooperative self-organization of Ant Colony Systems to create a naturally inspired clustering and pattern recognition method. The approach considers each data item as an ant, which moves inside a grid changing the cells it goes through, in a fashion similar to Kohonen's Self-Organizing Maps. The resulting algorithm is conceptually more simple, takes less free parameters than other ant-based clustering algorithms, and, after some parameter tuning, yields very good results on some benchmark problems. TI - KohonAnts: A Self-Organizing Ant Algorithm for Clustering and Pattern Classification KW - algorithm KW - alife KW - ant KW - clusterization KW - self-organization KW - stigmergy AU - Fernandes, C AU - Mora, AM AU - Merelo, JJ AU - Ramos, V AU - Laredo, JLJ PY - 2008/Mar/18/ UR - http://arxiv.org/abs/0803.2695v1 ER -