Simulating the evolution of ant behaviour in evaluating nest sites

Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science)

Volumn 2801, Issue , 2003, Pages 643-650

  Marshall, James A R ^a   Kovacs, Tim ^b   Dornhaus, Anna R ^b   Franks, Nigel R ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTERS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ANT COLONIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; ONE-PASS; PHEROMONE TRAILS; POTENTIAL SITES; TIME-EFFICIENT;

ANT COLONY OPTIMIZATION; BIODIVERSITY;

ANT BEHAVIOR; ANT SCOUTS; NEST SITES; POTENTIAL SITES;

EID: 7444241028     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-39432-7_69     Document Type: Conference Paper

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