Title :
On formal constraints in swarm dynamics
Author :
Theraulaz, Guy ; Deneubourg, Jean-Louis
Author_Institution :
Service de Chimie-Phys., Univ. Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium
Abstract :
The authors deal with distributed problem solving in social insect colonies. They show that different processes used by social insects could be implemented in artificial swarm systems to solve different categories of problems. After reviewing these problems and defining some basic concepts of swarm intelligence they examine through the example of building behavior in termite and wasp colonies how different types of constraints operate both on individual behavior and on swarm dynamics
Keywords :
cooperative systems; ecology; physiological models; problem solving; distributed problem solving; social insect colonies; swarm dynamics; swarm intelligence; termite colonies; wasp colonies; Biological system modeling; Displays; Environmental factors; Evolution (biology); Information analysis; Insects; Numerical simulation; Particle swarm optimization; Problem-solving; Robot kinematics;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control, 1992., Proceedings of the 1992 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Glasgow
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0546-9
DOI :
10.1109/ISIC.1992.225096
