An ant algorithm for optimization of hole-making operations

Ant system: optimization by a colony of cooperating agents

Marco Dorigo, Vittorio Maniezzo, A. Colorni · IEEE Transactions on Systems Man and Cybernetics Part B (Cybernetics) · 1996 · 11.9K citations

Computing, Computer Science, Algorithms +16

Exact and Approximate Nondeterministic Tree-Search Procedures for the Quadratic Assignment Problem

Vittorio Maniezzo · INFORMS journal on computing · 1999 · 340 citations

Natural Sciences, Computer Science, Mathematics +11

An ant colony optimization approach to addressing a JIT sequencing problem with multiple objectives

Patrick R. McMullen · Artificial Intelligence in Engineering · 2001 · 203 citations

Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management +14

An ant algorithm for the single row layout problem in flexible manufacturing systems

Maghsud Solimanpur, Prem Vrat, Ravi Shankar · Computers & Operations Research · 2003 · 188 citations

Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering +14

Optimal path for automated drilling operations by a new heuristic approach using particle swarm optimization

Godfrey C. Onwubolu, Maurice Clerc · International Journal of Production Research · 2004 · 177 citations

Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering +17