Biomimicry: Further insights from ant colonies?

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5151 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 58-66

  Ratnieks, Francis L W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ant colony optimization; Apis mellifera; Complex adaptive systems; Honey bee; Monomorium pharaonis; Pharaoh's ant; Social insects

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; ALGORITHMS; BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; BIOMIMETICS; OPTIMIZATION;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; APIS MELLIFERA; COMPLEX ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; HONEY BEE; MONOMORIUM PHARAONIS; PHARAOH'S ANT; SOCIAL INSECTS;

TRAVELING SALESMAN PROBLEM;

EID: 58449097926     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92191-2_6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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