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We consider the problem of understanding the coordinated movements of biological or artificial swarms. In this regard, we propose a learning scheme to estimate the coordination laws of the interacting agents from observations of the swarm's…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-26 Christos Mavridis , Amoolya Tirumalai , John Baras

Purpose: To present an algorithm for spatially sorting objects into an annular structure. Design/Methodology/Approach: A swarm-based model that requires only stochastic agent behaviour coupled with a pheromone-inspired…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2008-05-13 Martyn Amos , Oliver Don

We propose an approach of open-ended evolution via the simulation of swarm dynamics. In nature, swarms possess remarkable properties, which allow many organisms, from swarming bacteria to ants and flocking birds, to form higher-order…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-03-21 Olaf Witkowski , Takashi Ikegami

Understanding the mechanisms behind emergent behaviors in multi-agent systems is critical for advancing fields such as swarm robotics and artificial intelligence. In this study, we investigate how neural networks evolve to control agents'…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2024-10-28 Guilherme S. Y. Giardini , John F. Hardy , Carlo R. da Cunha

Image pattern recognition is an important area in digital image processing. An efficient pattern recognition algorithm should be able to provide correct recognition at a reduced computational time. Off late amongst the machine learning…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-12-08 Lei Shi , Rui Guo , Yuchen Ma

We present an experimental and theoretical study of 2-D swarms in which collective behavior emerges from both direct local mechanical coupling between agents and from the exchange and processing of information between agents. Each agent, an…

Physics and Society · Physics 2026-04-28 Shengkai Li , Trung V. Phan , Luca Di Carlo , Gao Wang , Van H. Do , Elia Mikhail , Robert H. Austin , Liyu Liu

Representation and control of the dynamics of stigmergic substances used by bio-inspired approaches is a challenge when applied to robotics. In order to overcome this challenge, this work proposes a model to coordinate swarms of robots…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Claudiney R. Tinoco , Gina M. B. Oliveira

Algorithms implementing populations of agents which interact with one another and sense their environment may exhibit emergent behavior such as self-organization and swarm intelligence. Here a swarm system, called Databionic swarm (DBS), is…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-06-11 Michael C. Thrun , Alfred Ultsch

Detecting communities from complex networks has recently triggered great interest. Aiming at this problem, a new ant colony optimization strategy building on the Markov random walks theory, which is named as MACO, is proposed in this paper.…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2013-03-26 Di Jin , Dayou Liu , Bo Yang , Jie Liu , Dongxiao He

In vitro primary cultures of dissociated invertebrate neurons from locust ganglia are used to experimentally investigate the morphological evolution of assemblies of living neurons, as they self-organize from collections of separated cells…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2014-02-14 Daniel de Santos-Sierra , Irene Sendiña-Nadal , Inmaculada Leyva , Juan A. Almendral , Sarit Anava , Amir Ayali , David Papo , Stefano Boccaletti

Modern scientific research has become largely a cooperative activity in the Internet age. We build a simulation model to understand the population-level creativity based on the heuristic ant colony algorithm. Each researcher has two…

Digital Libraries · Computer Science 2022-02-07 Zhuoran He , Tingtao Zhou

Swarm Intelligence algorithms have gained significant attention in recent years as a means of solving complex and non-deterministic problems. These algorithms are inspired by the collective behavior of natural creatures, and they simulate…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2023-03-30 Amirhossein Mohammadi , Sara Hajiaghajani , Mohammad Bahrani

Understanding neural networks is challenging due to their high-dimensional, interacting components. Inspired by human cognition, which processes complex sensory data by chunking it into recurring entities, we propose leveraging this…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-05 Shuchen Wu , Stephan Alaniz , Eric Schulz , Zeynep Akata

This article presents a unique design for a parser using the Ant Colony Optimization algorithm. The paper implements the intuitive thought process of human mind through the activities of artificial ants. The scheme presented here uses a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Deepyaman Maiti , Ayan Acharya , Amit Konar , Janarthanan Ramadoss

Emergent cooperative functionality in active matter systems plays a crucial role in various applications of active swarms, ranging from pollutant foraging and collective threat detection to tissue embolization. In nature, animals like bats…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-05-26 Alexander Ziepke , Ivan Maryshev , Igor S. Aranson , Erwin Frey

Ant raiding, the process of identifying and returning food to the nest or bivouac, is a fascinating example of collective motion in nature. During such raids ants lay pheromones to form trails for others to find a food source. In this work…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2015-08-18 Shawn D. Ryan

Swarm Intelligence (SI) is gaining a lot of popularity in artificial intelligence, where the natural behavior of animals and insects is observed and translated into computer algorithms called swarm computing to solve real-world problems.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-17 Chandrashekar Muniyappa , Eunjin Kim

Web mining has been very crucial to any organization as it provides useful insights to business patterns. It helps the company to understand its customers better. As the web is growing in pace, so is its importance and hence it becomes all…

Other Computer Science · Computer Science 2014-04-17 Richa Gupta

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

Cooperative transport is a striking phenomenon where multiple agents join forces to transit a payload too heavy for the individual. While social animals such as ants are routinely observed to coordinate transport at scale, reproducing the…

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