A Model and Analysis for Ants-li e Agents

Ants are social insects that work in groups to collectively achieve certain goals that can not be achieved by a single ant. One of the most interesting ants´ behaviors is the highly optimized path that ants follow, in their foraging, between the source of food and the colony´s nest. Researchers are inspired by such optimized behavior in several applications. In this paper, we introduce an integrated environment for ant-like agents based on such ants´ behavior. Our model can simulate and test the behavior of such agents under various conditions and environment changes