Go To The Ant

This talk summarizes material from:

• H. Van Dyke Parunak. ``Go to the Ant'': Engineering Principles from Natural Agent Systems. Annals of Operation Research,(75):69--101, 1997.

1. 1 Introduction
2. 2 Modeling State and Process
3. 3 Ants Path Planning
4. 4 Ants: Brood Sorting
5. 5 Termites: Nest Building
6. 6 Wasps: Task Differentiation
7. 7 Birds and Fish: Flocking
8. 8 Wolves: Surrounding Prey
9. 9 Agents Things, not Functions
10. 10 Keep Agents Small
11. 11 Decentralize System Control
12. 12 Support Agent Diversity
13. 13 Share Information. Plan and Execute Concurrently

Entire Presentation with Notes

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28 May 2002, 08:39AM