Inspiration for optimization from social insect behaviour

E. Bonabeau (), M. Dorigo and G. Theraulaz
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E. Bonabeau: Santa Fe Institute
M. Dorigo: IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles
G. Theraulaz: Laboratoire d’Ethologie et Cognition Animale, CNRS-FRE 2041, Université Paul Sabatier

Nature, 2000, vol. 406, issue 6791, 39-42

Abstract: Abstract Research in social insect behaviour has provided computer scientists with powerful methods for designing distributed control and optimization algorithms. These techniques are being applied successfully to a variety of scientific and engineering problems. In addition to achieving good performance on a wide spectrum of ‘static’ problems, such techniques tend to exhibit a high degree of flexibility and robustness in a dynamic environment.

Date: 2000
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DOI: 10.1038/35017500

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