The problem is to find the earliest starting times for all operations. This problem generalizes the shortest path problem and the critical path problem. The complexity of the suggested algorithm is O ...

In such cases, the fastest known shortest-path algorithm doesn’t work. For decades, fast algorithms for finding shortest paths on negative-weight graphs have remained elusive.

The Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) algorithm is a metaheuristic nature-inspired technique for solving various combinatorial optimization problems. The shortest-path problem is an important ...