Title :
Artificial ant colony foraging simulation and emergent property analysis
Author :
Zhang, Cheng ; Jia, Suling ; Wei, Fajie
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Beihang Univ., Beijing
Abstract :
Based on Wilenskypsilas ant colony foraging model and considering additional nature rules including multi-species, competition and evolution mechanism, the model called AntcolonySim was promoted. Simulations based on AntcolonySim under different conditions were carried out as well as emergent properties including foraging predominance and competition predominance were analyzed quantificationally. AntcolonySim has simple rules which can simulate nature ant colony foraging realistically. The model is also a reference for discussing emergent behaviors in complex systems by bottom interactional agents.
Keywords :
evolutionary computation; optimisation; AntcolonySim; artificial ant colony foraging simulation; bottom interactional agents; competition predominance; complex systems; emergent property analysis; evolution mechanism; foraging predominance; Analytical models; Clocks; Environmental economics; Food technology; Mechanical factors; Modeling; Object oriented programming; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
Evolutionary Computation, 2008. CEC 2008. (IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence). IEEE Congress on
Conference_Location :
Hong Kong
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1822-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1823-7
DOI :
10.1109/CEC.2008.4631049
