Ant colony algorithm (ACA) is a new heuristic algorithm, which is successfully used to solve some NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems through simulating the process of ants searching for food.

• 蚁群算法是通过模拟蚂蚁觅食而发展出的一种新的启发算法 .；基于群体的协作与学习；该算法已经成功地解决诸如 TSP问题等多种组合优化问题