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Unit 3 · Ant colony optimization (ACO)
Unit 3 · Ant colony optimization for TSP · asked as a 10-mark numerical in both 2025–26 papers
- How pheromone feedback guides ant-colony search
- ACO formulas: transition probability, city choice and pheromone update
- Solved PYQ: ACO for a 4-city TSP (Final 2025, 10 marks)
- Solved PYQ: ACO for a 4-city TSP (Re-exam 2026, 10 marks)
- Practice: the lecture's Ant System example (two different tours)
- 5/10-mark answer: applications of ACO (explain one)