Ant algorithm (AA) is an effective algorithm to solve combinatorial problems which shows many promising characters, but it also has some shortcomings such as needing more computing time.

• 摘要蚂蚁算法是一种解决组合优化问题的有效算法，该算法具有许多优良的性质，但是也存在一些缺点，如计算时间较长等。