English
Related papers

Related papers: AntNet: Distributed Stigmergetic Control for Commu…

200 papers

Distributed optimization finds applications in large-scale machine learning, data processing and classification over multi-agent networks. In real-world scenarios, the communication network of agents may encounter latency that may affect…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-06 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Narahari Kasagatta Ramesh , Alireza Aghasi

Many distributed training techniques like Parameter Server and AllReduce have been proposed to take advantage of the increasingly large data and rich features. However, stragglers frequently occur in distributed training due to resource…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-04-16 Youshao Xiao , Lin Ju , Zhenglei Zhou , Siyuan Li , Zhaoxin Huan , Dalong Zhang , Rujie Jiang , Lin Wang , Xiaolu Zhang , Lei Liang , Jun Zhou

The rapid advancement of large language models (LLMs) has enabled the development of multi-agent systems where multiple LLM-based agents collaborate on complex tasks. However, existing systems often rely on centralized coordination, leading…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Yingxuan Yang , Huacan Chai , Shuai Shao , Yuanyi Song , Siyuan Qi , Renting Rui , Weinan Zhang

Multicasting is effective when its group members are sparse and the speed is low. On the other hand, broadcasting is effective when the group members dense and the speed are high. Since mobile ad hoc networks are highly dynamic in nature,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2009-12-08 A. Sabari , K. Duraiswamy

In this paper, a novel swarm intelligent algorithm is proposed called ant nesting algorithm (ANA). The algorithm is inspired by Leptothorax ants and mimics the behavior of ants searching for positions to deposit grains while building a new…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Deeam Najmadeen Hama Rashid , Tarik A. Rashid , Seyedali Mirjalili

This paper presents a distributed optimization scheme over a network of agents in the presence of cost uncertainties and over switching communication topologies. Inspired by recent advances in distributed convex optimization, we propose a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Saghar Hosseini , Airlie Chapman , Mehran Mesbahi

One of the important issues in computer networks is "Load Balancing" which leads to efficient use of the network resources. To achieve a balanced network it is necessary to find different routes between the source and destination. In the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2011-10-27 Mehdi Kashefikia , Nasser Nematbakhsh , Reza Askari Moghadam

Inferring gene interaction network from gene expression data is an important task in systems biology research. The gene interaction network, especially key interactions, plays an important role in identifying biomarkers for disease that…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2015-07-01 Khalid Raza , Mahish Kohli

Adaptive networks are well-suited to perform decentralized information processing and optimization tasks and to model various types of self-organized and complex behavior encountered in nature. Adaptive networks consist of a collection of…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2013-05-07 Ali H. Sayed

Agentic AI networking (AgentNet) is a novel AI-native networking paradigm that relies on a large number of specialized AI agents to collaborate and coordinate for autonomous decision-making, dynamic environmental adaptation, and complex…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-27 Yong Xiao , Haoran Zhou , Xubo Li , Yayu Gao , Guangming Shi , Ping Zhang

Communication processes within the human brain at different cognitive states are neither well understood nor completely characterized. We assess communication processes in the human connectome using ant colony-inspired cooperative learning…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2018-02-20 Uttara Tipnis , Enrico Amico , Mario Ventresca , Joaquin Goni

The rapid e-commerce growth has made both business community and customers face a new situation. Due to intense competition on one hand and the customer's option to choose from several alternatives business community has realized the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Ajith Abraham , Vitorino Ramos

This paper introduces a novel bio-mimetic approach for distributed control of robotic swarms, inspired by the collective behaviors of swarms in nature such as schools of fish and flocks of birds. The agents are assumed to have limited…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Yigal Koifman , Ariel Barel , Alfred M. Bruckstein

Decentralized control in multi-robot systems is dependent on accurate and reliable communication between agents. Important communication factors, such as latency and packet delivery ratio, are strong functions of the number of agents in the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-01 Mark Selden , Jason Zhou , Felipe Campos , Nathan Lambert , Daniel Drew , Kristofer S. J. Pister

MANET is a collection of mobile devices with no centralized control and no pre-existing infrastructures. Due to the nodal mobility, supporting QoS during routing in this type of networks is a very challenging task. To tackle this type of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2013-12-10 Debajit Sensarma , Koushik Majumder

We consider the problem of extracting accurate average ant trajectories from many (possibly inaccurate) input trajectories contributed by citizen scientists. Although there are many generic software tools for motion tracking and specific…

Computational Geometry · Computer Science 2014-05-16 Livio De La Cruz , Stephen Kobourov , Sergey Pupyrev , Paul Shen , Sankar Veeramoni

Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) is a swarm intelligence methodology utilized for solving optimization problems through information transmission mediated by pheromones. As ants sequentially secrete pheromones that subsequently evaporate, the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-31 Taiyo Shimizu , Shintaro Mori

Agentic AI networking (AgentNet) is a novel AI-native networking paradigm in which a large number of specialized AI agents collaborate to perform autonomous decision-making, dynamic environmental adaptation, and complex missions. It has the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-13 Yong Xiao , Xubo Li , Haoran Zhou , Yingyu Li , Yayu Gao , Guangming Shi , Ping Zhang , Marwan Krunz

Using elementary distributed computing techniques we suggest an explanation for two unexplained phenomena in regards to ant colonies, (a) a substantial amount of ants in an ant colony are idle, and (b) the observed low survivability of new…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-05-23 Yehuda Afek , Deborah M. Gordon , Moshe Sulamy

Social insects such as ants communicate via pheromones which allows them to coordinate their activity and solve complex tasks as a swarm, e.g. foraging for food. This behavior was shaped through evolutionary processes. In computational…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-09-11 Cristian Jimenez Romero , Alper Yegenoglu , Aarón Pérez Martín , Sandra Diaz-Pier , Abigail Morrison