Inspired by the behaviour of ants, who are able to find the best trajectories from their colonies to food , Antonio Miguel Mora García from the department of Computer Architecture and Technology at the University of Granada developed several algorithms designed to locate the best path within a particular environment.
The ACO allows military troops to define the best route in a battlefield that considers security criteria, such as reaching their destination with the lowest number of casualties and the quickest journey possible.
Mora García started the work with the battlefields present in the videogame Panzer General™ before adapting it to better represent reality.
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Date Published: November 09, 2009
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