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<journal-id>1405-5546</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Computación y Sistemas]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Comp. y Sist.]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1405-5546</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Investigación en Computación]]></publisher-name>
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<article-id>S1405-55462018000100215</article-id>
<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.13053/cys-22-1-2769</article-id>
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<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Integration of Visualization Techniques to Algorithms of Optimization of the Metaheuristics Ant Colony]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Morfa Hernández]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Andy]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Oves García]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Reinier]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Vázquez Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Romel]]></given-names>
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<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Pérez Risquet]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Carlos]]></given-names>
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<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Central &#8221;Marta Abreu&#8221; de Las Villas Center of Research on Informatics ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
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<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad Metropolitana del Ecuador  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Quito ]]></addr-line>
<country>Ecuador</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af3">
<institution><![CDATA[,Instituto Nacional de Astrofísica, Óptica y Electrónica  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Puebla ]]></addr-line>
<country>Mexico</country>
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<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>03</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>1</numero>
<fpage>215</fpage>
<lpage>222</lpage>
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<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1405-55462018000100215&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1405-55462018000100215&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1405-55462018000100215&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[Abstract: The search guided by a user contributes to solving optimization problems. No adequate mechanisms for algorithms that use the metaheuristic Ant Colony (ACO), to achieve this interaction are known. This paper proposes a model of integration of visualization techniques in these algorithms that allows the user to interact with real-time search and guide her. A software tool was implemented to solve Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), with ACO algorithm according to the proposed model. An experimental analysis with the developed tool was performed and the results showed the efficiency of the model, finding better solutions to problems TSP in less time.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[Ant colony optimization]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[user guide search]]></kwd>
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