Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm Based on Discrete Variables

Abstract

Based on multi-objective optimization of discrete variable, a new multi-objective ant colony optimization algorithm based on discrete variable has been proposed in this paper. The improved multi-objective ant colony algorithm established two databases on the basis of P-ACO algorithm, including sets of feasible solutions and non-feasible solutions, and “the repeated solutions” was replaced with “the special solutions” to acquire the Pareto optimal front-end of the multi-objective problems. This algorithm is not only a better application in solving multi-objective problem in the discrete variables system, but also can be applied to the truss structure optimization successfully. The present paper proposes a multi-objective ant colony optimization algorithm based on discrete variable, which can provide a good performance in program design, arithmetic speed and generality of the proposed method. It is also simple and practical, and suitable for projects in the future.