In this paper, we discuss the characteristic of ants when they search for food, give the theory and model of ant algorithm, and analyze the relation and difference between artificial ants and real ants.

• 本文讨论了生物中蚁群的觅食行为特点，论述了人工蚂蚁算法的原理与模型，分析了人工蚁群与真实蚁群之间的联系与区别。