Ant simulation

Swarm visualises an ant colony optimization algorithm.
Ant colony optimization algorithms on wikipedia:
“In computer science and operations research,
the ant colony optimization algorithm (ACO) is a probabilistic technique for
solving computational problems which can be reduced to finding good paths through graphs.”

The program allows you to adjust various values like the
pheromone emission and decay. Graphs can be generated randomly
which also can be viewed as a nice landscape simulation next to an anthill.

There are downloads for different platforms (Windows, HMTL5 and Android).
Very small resolutions (400×300) are supported,
so old devices with small displays can be used, too.

Controlls & Shortcuts

Buttons		Effect
F1		Show/hide explanation.
F5		Save current graph.
F6		Load graph if one was stored before.
F11		Change window size (and resolution).
Space / M		Show/hide menue.
1		Change language (English, German).
A		Create apple at node nearest to the cursor.
G / I		Switch view of graph.
K		Kill all ants.
L		Delete all pheromone values (at the edges).
P		Show/hide pheromon trails/values.
R		Reset all values and restore default settings.
Backspace		Generate new random graph.
Arrow-Key Up		Increase number of ants.
Arrow-Key Down		Decrease number of ants.
Mouse Wheel Up		Increase Room-Speed -> framerate.
Mouse Wheel Down		Decrease Room-Speed -> framerate.
Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Up		Increase moving speed of ants.
Ctrl + Mouse Wheel Down		Decrease moving speed of ants.
Right Mouse Button (hold)		Drag ants and apples.
ESC		Close info / quit program.

Downloads

3.81MB (Windows version from this server)	3.81MB (Windows version from Jimdo)	3.81MB (Windows version from Dropbox)
6.07MB (Android version from this server)	6.07MB (Android version from Jimdo)	6.07MB (Android version from Dropbox)
2.32MB (HTML5 version from this server)	2.32MB (HTML5 version from Jimdo)	2.32MB (HTML5 version from Dropbox)

Controlls & Shortcuts

Start the HTML5 version online

Downloads

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