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Swarm theory, natural and computational

Swarm theory, natural and computational

By Tim Finin on Tuesday, July 10th, 2007 at 1:00 pm.

The current National Geographic magazine has a nice feature article, Swarm Theory on the phenominon in nature and our attempts to apply it to artificial systems.

“A single ant or bee isn’t smart, but their colonies are. The study of swarm intelligence is providing insights that can help humans manage complex systems, from truck routing to military robots.”

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