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The ACO algorithm is an optimization algorithm, recognized for being very efficient in problems of finding routes and planning paths in roads. In terms of the problem of the traveling salesman, ACO algorithm has been able to find optimal solutions to the problem, we want to make a comparison with the algorithms GA and SA, to determine which of these obtains better results.
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Valdez, F., Moreno, F., Melin, P. (2020). A Comparison of ACO, GA and SA for Solving the TSP Problem. In: Castillo, O., Melin, P. (eds) Hybrid Intelligent Systems in Control, Pattern Recognition and Medicine. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 827. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-34135-0_13
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