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    • Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) offers approximate solutions but suffers from premature convergence and low robustness.
    • Existing Ant Colony System (ACS) variants require enhanced performance strategies.

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    • To enhance the performance of ACS in solving NP-hard problems like the Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP) and 0/1 Knapsack Problem (0/1 KP).

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    • Developed a Physarum-inspired mathematical model incorporating critical tube reservation during network evolution.
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    • Applied the optimized ACS to benchmark and real-world datasets for TSP and 0/1 KP.

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    • The optimized ACS demonstrated superior accuracy and robustness compared to other meta-heuristic algorithms for TSP.
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    • The Physarum-based strategy effectively accelerates positive feedback, leading to quicker optimal solution convergence.

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    • The proposed Physarum-based pheromone matrix optimization strategy significantly enhances ACS performance for NP-hard problems.
    • This approach offers a robust and accurate method for solving complex optimization tasks like TSP and 0/1 KP.
    • The Physarum-inspired network evolution characteristic is key to accelerating convergence and improving solution quality.