• 로봇학회논문지
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.285-292
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• 2019

Path planning is an important problem to solve in robotics and there has been many related studies so far. In the previous research, we proposed the Heterogeneous-Ants-Based Path Planner (HAB-PP) for the global path planning of mobile robots. The conventional path planners using grid map had discrete state transitions that constrain the only movement of an agent to multiples of 45 degrees. The HAB-PP provided the smoother path using the heterogeneous ants unlike the conventional path planners based on Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm. The planner, however, has the problem that the optimization of the path once found is fast but it takes a lot of time to find the first path to the goal point. Also, the HAB-PP often falls into a local optimum solution. To solve these problems, this paper proposes an improved ant-inspired path planner using the Rapidly-exploring Random Tree-star ($RRT^*$). The key ideas are to use $RRT^*$ as the characteristic of another heterogeneous ant and to share the information for the found path through the pheromone field. The comparative simulations with several scenarios verify the performance of the improved HAB-PP.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.903-921
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• 2024

Industry 5.0 puts forward higher requirements for smart cities, including low-carbon, sustainable, and people-oriented, which pose challenges to the design of smart cities. In response to the above challenges, this study introduces the cyber-physical-social system (CPSS) and parallel system theory into the design of smart cities, and constructs a smart city framework based on parallel system theory. On this basis, in order to enhance the security of smart cities, a sustainable patrol subsystem for smart cities has been established. The intelligent patrol system uses a drone platform, and the trajectory planning of the drone is a key problem that needs to be solved. Therefore, a mathematical model was established that considers various objectives, including minimizing carbon emissions, minimizing noise impact, and maximizing coverage area, while also taking into account the flight performance constraints of drones. In addition, an improved metaheuristic algorithm based on ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm was designed for trajectory planning of patrol drones. Finally, a digital environmental map was established based on real urban scenes and simulation experiments were conducted. The results show that compared with the other three metaheuristic algorithms, the algorithm designed in this study has the best performance.

• Industrial Engineering and Management Systems
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• 제8권3호
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• pp.181-193
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• 2009

This paper presents a framework for controlling mobile multiple robots connected by communication networks. This framework provides novel methods to control coordinated systems using mobile agents. The combination of the mobile agent and mobile multiple robots opens a new horizon of efficient use of mobile robot resources. Instead of physical movement of multiple robots, mobile software agents can migrate from one robot to another so that they can minimize energy consumption in aggregation. The imaginary application is making "carts," such as found in large airports, intelligent. Travelers pick up carts at designated points but leave them arbitrary places. It is a considerable task to re-collect them. It is, therefore, desirable that intelligent carts (intelligent robots) draw themselves together automatically. Simple implementation may be making each cart has a designated assembly point, and when they are free, automatically return to those points. It is easy to implement, but some carts have to travel very long way back to their own assembly point, even though it is located close to some other assembly points. It consumes too much unnecessary energy so that the carts have to have expensive batteries. In order to ameliorate the situation, we employ mobile software agents to locate robots scattered in a field, e.g. an airport, and make them autonomously determine their moving behaviors by using a clustering algorithm based on the Ant Colony Optimization (ACO). ACO is the swarm intelligence-based methods, and a multi-agent system that exploit artificial stigmergy for the solution of combinatorial optimization problems. Preliminary experiments have provided a favorable result. In this paper, we focus on the implementation of the controlling mechanism of the multi-robots using the mobile agents.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.105-116
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• 2017

This paper presents the dynamic stability study of laminated composite plates with different force combinations and aspect ratios. Optimum non-diverging stacking is obtained for certain loading combination and aspect ratio. In addition, the stability force is maximized for a definite operating frequency. A dynamic version of the principle of virtual work for laminated composites is used to obtain force-frequency relation. Since dynamic stiffness governs the divergence or flutter, an efficient optimization method is necessary for the response functional and the relevant constraints. In this way, a model based on the ant colony optimization (ACO) algorithm is proposed to search for the proper stacking. The ACO algorithm is used since it treats with large number of dynamic stability parameters. Governing equations are formulated using classic laminate theory (CLT) and von-Karman plate technique. Load-frequency relations are explicitly obtained for fundamental and secondary flutter modes of simply supported composite plate with arbitrary aspect ratio, stacking and boundary load, which are used in optimization process. Obtained results are compared with the finite element method results for validity and accuracy convince. Results revealed that the optimum stacking with stable dynamic response and maximum critical load is in angle-ply mode with almost near-unidirectional fiber orientations for fundamental flutter mode. In addition, short plates behave better than long plates in combined axial-shear load case regarding stable oscillation. The interaction of uniaxial and shear forces intensifies the instability in long plates than short ones which needs low-angle layup orientations to provide required dynamic stiffness. However, a combination of angle-ply and cross-ply stacking with a near-square aspect ratio is appropriate for the composite plate regarding secondary flutter mode.

• 품질경영학회지
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• 제36권2호
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• pp.28-35
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• 2008

This study deals with an Excel-based scheduling system for a small and medium sized manufacturing factory without sufficient capability for managing full-scale information systems. The factory has the bottleneck with identical machines and unique batching characteristics. The scheduling problem is formulated as a variation of the parallel-machine scheduling system. It can be solved by a two-phase method: the first phase with an ant colony optimization (ACO) heuristic for order grouping and the second phase with a mixed integer programming (MIP) algorithm for scheduling groups on machines.

• 대한건축학회논문집:구조계
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• 제35권10호
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• pp.135-142
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• 2019

Ant colony optimization(ACO) technique is utilized in truss size optimization with frequency constraints. Total weight of truss to be minimized is considered as the objective function and multiple natural frequencies are adopted as constraints. The modified traveling salesman problem(TSP) is adopted and total length of the TSP tour is interpreted as the weight of the structure. The present ACO-based design optimization procedure uses discrete design variables and the penalty function is introduced to enforce design constraints during optimization process. Three numerical examples are carried out to verify the capability of ACO in truss optimization with frequency constraints. From numerical results, the present ACO is a very effective way of finding optimum design of truss structures in free vibration. Finally, we provide the present numerical results as future reference solutions.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권1호
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• pp.207-213
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• 2021

Networks in Mobile ad hoc contain distribution and do not have a predefined structure which practically means that network modes can play the role of being clients or servers. The routing protocols used in mobile Ad-hoc networks (MANETs) are characterized by limited bandwidth, mobility, limited power supply, and routing protocols. Hybrid routing protocols solve the delay problem of reactive routing protocols and the routing overhead of proactive routing protocols. The Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm is used to solve other real-life problems such as the travelling salesman problem, capacity planning, and the vehicle routing challenge. Bio-inspired methods have probed lethal in helping to solve the problem domains in these networks. Hybrid routing protocols combine the distance vector routing protocol (DVRP) and the link-state routing protocol (LSRP) to solve the routing problem.

• Journal of applied mathematics & informatics
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• 제41권6호
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• pp.1327-1339
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• 2023

World Wide Web (WWW) use has been increasing recently due to users needing more information. Lately, there has been a growing trend in the document information available to end users through the internet. The web's document search process is essential to find relevant documents for user queries.As the number of general web pages increases, it becomes increasingly challenging for users to find records that are appropriate to their interests. However, using existing Document Information Retrieval (DIR) approaches is time-consuming for large document collections. To alleviate the problem, this novel presents Spatial Clustering Ranking Pattern (SCRP) based Density Ant Colony Information Retrieval (DACIR) for user queries based DIR. The proposed first stage is the Term Frequency Weight (TFW) technique to identify the query weightage-based frequency. Based on the weight score, they are grouped and ranked using the proposed Spatial Clustering Ranking Pattern (SCRP) technique. Finally, based on ranking, select the most relevant information retrieves the document using DACIR algorithm.The proposed method outperforms traditional information retrieval methods regarding the quality of returned objects while performing significantly better in run time.

• 한국컴퓨터정보학회논문지
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• 제27권2호
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• pp.1-8
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• 2022

본 논문에서는 개미 집단 시스템(ant colony system)을 통한 순회 외판원 문제(traveling salesman problem)를 효과적으로 해결하기 위해 GPU 기반 병렬 알고리즘을 설계 구현하였다. TSP에서 동시에 수백 또는 수천의 탐색 여정(tour)을 생성하는 반복 과정을 GPU의 작업 병렬성을 활용하여 처리성능을 개선하고, 페로몬 자취 데이터의 업데이트 과정은 32x32의 쓰레드 블럭을 사용하여 데이터 병렬성을 적극 활용하였다. 특히 다중 쓰레드의 메모리 동시 접근을 통해 연속 메모리공간의 병합 접근 효과와 공유 메모리의 동시 접근을 지원하였다. 본 실험은 TSPLIB에서 제공되는 127개부터 1002개에 이르는 도시 데이터를 사용하였고, Intel Core i9-9900K CPU와 Nvidia Titan RTX 시스템을 사용하여 순차 알고리즘과 병렬 알고리즘의 성능을 비교하였다. GPU 병렬화에 의한 성능 향상은 약 10.13~11.37배의 성능 개선 효과를 보였다.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제47권8호
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• pp.74-84
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• 2010

본 논문에서는 개미 군집 최적화 (Ant Colony Optimization; ACO) 및 A* 휴리스틱 알고리즘이 융합된 선호도 기반 경로탐색 알고리즘을 제안한다. 최근 ITS (Intelligent Transportation Systems)의 개발과 함께 차량용 내비게이션의 사용이 증가하면서 경로탐색 알고리즘의 중요성이 더욱 높아지고 있다. 기존의 Dijkstra 및 A*와 같은 대부분의 최단경로 탐색 알고리즘은 최단거리 또는 최단시간 경로 탐색을 목표로 한다. 하지만 이러한 경로 탐색 결과는 더 안전하고 특정 경로를 선호하는 운전자를 위한 최적의 경로가 아니다. 따라서 본 논문에서는 선호도 기반 최단 경로 탐색 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안된 알고리즘은 주어진 맵의 링크 속성 정보를 이용하며, 각 링크에 대한 사용자 선호도는 내비게이션 사용자에 의해 설정되어 진다. 제안된 알고리즘은 C로 구현하였으며, 64노드 및 118링크로 구성된 맵에서 다양한 파라미터를 통해 성능을 측정한 결과 본 논문에서 제안한 휴리스틱 융합 알고리즘은 선호도 기반 경로뿐만 아니라 최단 경로 탐색에도 적합함을 알 수 있었다.