ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION IN MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS WITH NETLOGO

Abstract

Multi-agent systems (MAS) offer an effective way to model and Solve complex optimization problems. In this study, MAS and ant colonies have been used together to solve the Travelling Salesmen Problem (TSP). System simulation has been realized with NetLogo which is an agent-based programming environment. It has been explained in detail with code examples that how to use NetLogo for modeling and simulation of the problem. Algorithm has heel tested for different numbers of nodes and obtained results have been discussed.