Extending self-organizing particle systems to problem solving

Artificial Life

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 379-395

  Rodríguez, Alejandro ^a   Reggia, James A ^a  

^a University of Maryland ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Collective intelligence; Collective problem solving; Multiagent system; Particle systems; Robot teams; Self organization; Swarm intelligence

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTICS;

COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE; COLLECTIVE PROBLEM SOLVING; FINITE STATE MACHINE; SELF ORGANIZING PARTICLE SYSTEMS; SWARM INTELLIGENCE;

SELF ORGANIZING MAPS;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PROBLEM SOLVING;

ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MOVEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 4444283709     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/1064546041766424     Document Type: Article

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