For the problem that when using the basic artificial bee colony(ABC) algorithm to solve the optimal problems,
it can not converge so fast and can trap in a local optimal solution easily. Therefore, a modified artificial bee colony
algorithm is proposed. To improve the updating rate of food sources, the segmental-search strategy is used, and the way
of the onlookers choosing the food sources is modified to optimize the best food source fully. Many experiment results of
classic functions show that the modified algorithm owns steady performance, has great advantage of convergence property
and global optimizing ability, and also runs faster than ABC algorithm.