/**
 * @author Hector J. Vasquez <ipi.vasquez@gmail.com>
 *
 * @licence
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
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 */
import { Coordinate } from '../../plotter/index';
import { Town, World } from './world';
export interface Solution {
    distance: number;
    path: number[];
}
/**
 * Contains collective information retrieved by the ants of this colony.
 * Furthermore, it determines when to move ants and how they must behave.
 */
export declare class AntColony {
    private debug;
    private ants;
    private world;
    /**
     * Creates a new colony of ants (antFactor*towns.length ants).
     * @param towns An array holding the coordinates of each town.
     */
    constructor(towns: Coordinate[]);
    /**
     * Performs the Ant Colony Optimization by putting each ant to find a
     * solution.
     * @param iterations The number of times to reach a new solution per ant.
     * @param antFactor This value multiplied by the number of towns
     * delivers the number of ants to be used.
     * @param evaporationRate The rules of how fast old pheromones evaporate.
     * @param alpha The pheromone preference.
     * @param beta The greedy preference.
     */
    optimize(iterations?: number, antFactor?: number, evaporationRate?: number, alpha?: number, beta?: number): Promise<Solution>;
}
export declare class Ant {
    private id;
    private world;
    private alpha;
    private beta;
    private path;
    private distanceTraveled;
    private debug;
    private townsVisited;
    /**
     * Creates a new ant.
     * @param id The id for this ant.
     * @param world The world where this ant is.
     * @param alpha Preference given to ...
     * @param beta Preference given to ...
     */
    constructor(id: number, world: World, alpha: number, beta: number);
    /**
     * Gets the towns on this ant's world.
     * @returns The towns on this ant's world.
     */
    readonly towns: Town[];
    /**
     * Gets the current town where the ant is.
     * @returns The town where this ant is.
     */
    readonly town: number;
    /**
     * Returns the current path.
     */
    readonly curSolution: Solution;
    /**
     * Finds a probabilistic route executing next town.
     * @returns {Promise<Solution>}
     */
    tour(): Promise<Solution>;
    /**
     * Visits next town.
     */
    tourNext(): void;
    /**
     * Finds the nearest available towns from this ant location.
     * @param limit The max number of neighbors wanted.
     * @returns The nearest towns from this ant location.
     */
    findNearest(limit?: number): number[];
}