For K-12 Students · Ant Colony Optimization
Ant Colony Optimization for a city growing
Built for k-12 students learning it in middle or high school. Watch the idea come alive with plain-language steps and everyday examples — perfect for projects and homework. Simulate a city growing live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.
Ant Colony OptimizationLive
swarm intelligence · TSP
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Simulated ants lay pheromone (cyan) on short routes; trails evaporate over time so good paths reinforce and bad ones fade. The colony collectively finds near-optimal tours of the Traveling Salesman Problem — the green loop is the best so far.
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Iteration0
Best tour0
Cities15
Governing equation
Reading this result: With 15 cities and 20 ants, 10% evaporation balances exploring new edges against reinforcing the best tour found so far.
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