Table 4 Effect of pheromone concentration on path length and running time.

From: Simulation of film transmission path based on ant colony optimization algorithm

Pheromone concentration quantity

Average value of path length (95% CI)

Optimal value of path length

(95% CI)

Running time consumed(ms)

(95% CI)

10

34.51 (33.15, 35.87)

31.28 (30.06, 32.50)

978.63 (961.95, 995.31)

20

34.39 (33.03, 35.75)

31.37 (30.15, 32.59)

798.10 (781.42, 814.78)

30

32.57 (31.21, 33.93)

32.85 (31.63, 34.07)

571.04 (558.28, 583.80)

40

32.07 (30.71, 33.43)

32.71 (31.49, 33.93)

521.70 (508.96, 534.44)

50

31.67 (30.31, 33.03)

34.67 (33.45, 35.89)

469.02 (456.28, 481.76)