Table 5 Optimal operational path sequences between regions in farmland 1 based on the ACO and IACO.

From: Variable scale operational path planning for land levelling based on the improved ant colony optimization algorithm

Name of search algorithm

Optimal operational path sequence between regions in farmland 1

ACO

1 → 11 → 4 → 10

IACO

1 → 11 → 7 → 15 → 2 → 10