AntTree- a new model for clustering with artificial ants

A Multiple Pheromone Ant Clustering Algorithm

“…Algorithms falling under this category include the AntTree algorithm [Azzag et al, 2003]. Each ant represents a data element that is to be classified.…”

“…In the AntTree, artificial ants build a tree depending on the similarity between nodes [Azzag et al, 2003]. Each ant represents a node of the tree being assembled or the data being clustered.…”

“…Omnipresent in Bio-SI literature are models relating to various ant metaphors, ranging from selfaggregating ants [Azzag et al, 2003], to ants organising cemeteries [Deneubourg et al, 1990b], ants using colonial odour recognition [Labroche, 2003], the behaviours of heterogeneous ant types [Admane et al, 2006], pheromone aggregation mechanisms as deposited by ants , and lastly, crucial to this thesis, the ant metaphor based on ant foraging theory.…”

Texture Classification with Ants

“…Self-assembly behaviors, such as building of structures from a fixed support (a stem or a leaf), have been observed in Linepithema humles Argentina ants and African ants of gender Oecophylla longinoda [5]. Such behavior of biological ants was emulated in [4] to estimate the number of clusters in a given data set. Our work refines the probabilistic behavior of ants towards getting them connected to the tree by introducing a similarity scope for ants and iterative adjustment of the partitions.…”

“…A variant of ant tree clustering (ATC) algorithm [4] is employed for classification of the features. The algorithm is inspired by self-assembling behavior observed in biological ants when building live structures with their bodies [5].…”