Swarm intelligence for network routing optimization

Abstract

This paper presents the results of a comparative study of network routing approaches. Recent advances in the field suggest that swarm intelligence may offer a robust, high quality solution. The overall aim of the study was to develop a framework to facilitate the empirical evaluation of a swarm intelligence routing approach compared to a conventional static and dynamic routing approach. This paper presents a framework for the simulation of computer networks, collection of performance statistics, generation and reuse of network topologies and traffic patterns.

Keywords

• network routing
• swarm intelligence
• ant algorithms