[MINI] Ant Colony Optimization

Data Skeptic

Episode | Podcast

Date: Fri, 08 Aug 2014 13:00:00 +0000

<p>In this week's mini episode, Linhda and Kyle discuss Ant Colony Optimization - a numerical / stochastic optimization technique which models its search after the process ants employ in using random walks to find a goal (food) and then leaving a pheremone trail in their walk back to the nest.  We even find some way of relating the city of San Francisco and running a restaurant into the discussion.</p>