{"id":13374,"date":"2021-12-09T21:05:27","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T02:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/?page_id=13374"},"modified":"2026-06-02T14:59:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T18:59:23","slug":"tr-12-02-a-study-of-objective-weights-in-multi-objective-ant-colony-optimization","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/research\/scs-technical-reports\/technical-reports-2012\/tr-12-02-a-study-of-objective-weights-in-multi-objective-ant-colony-optimization\/","title":{"rendered":"TR-12-02: A Study of Objective Weights in Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        TR-12-02: A Study of Objective Weights in Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Carleton University<br>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/research\/scs-technical-reports\/technical-reports-2012\/\">Technical Report<\/a> TR-12-02<br>\nSeptember 28, 2012<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"a-study-of-objective-weights-in-multi-objective-ant-colony-optimization\" class=\"wp-block-heading tr_t1\">A Study of Objective Weights in Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">\n<div class=\"tr_t3\">Andrew Runka &amp; Tony White<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Abstract<\/h3>\n<p>This paper examines the use of objective-biasing weights in Multi-Ob jective Ant Colony Optimization (MOACO). Past literature pertaining to objective weights in MOACO is examined. A new formalism is proposed to consolidate descriptions of various weight setting strategies. Experimentation is performed to analyze consequences of various objective weight design choices in terms of their effect on solution quality and fitness space coverage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/scs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/260\/TR-12-02.pdf\">TR-12-02.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Carleton University Technical Report TR-12-02 September 28, 2012 A Study of Objective Weights in Multi-Objective Ant Colony Optimization Andrew Runka &amp; Tony White Abstract This paper examines the use of objective-biasing weights in Multi-Ob jective Ant Colony Optimization (MOACO). Past literature pertaining to objective weights in MOACO is examined. 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