This paper develops an ant colony optimization approach to the orienteering problem, a general version of the well-known traveling salesman problem with many relevant applications in industry.

• 摘要本研究发展一蚁群最佳化演算法求解越野赛跑问题，此问题可被视为一广义之旅行推销员问题，其应用范围极为广泛。