Applications of Cultural Ant Colony Optimization in Optimal Excavator Mechanisms Design

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In allusion to the low efficiency and unsatisfactory result of the tradional optimization algorithms in existence for engineering design optimization,this paper proposes a cultural ant colony optimization(CACO) algorithm for application in design optimization of excavator’s mechanisms to improve the excavator’s performance efficiently. Through testing and verifying experiments,it is concluded that CACO can discovery knowledge during optimization process and use the knowledge to guide the heuristic searching process,furthermore,it is an appropriate algorithm for the optimization of excavator mechanisms. CACO costs less time and can get better quality solution to improve excavator’s main porformances.

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Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 479-481)

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1857-1862

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February 2012

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© 2012 Trans Tech Publications Ltd. All Rights Reserved

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