Using a collection of humans as an execution testbed for swarm algorithms

2003 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2003 - Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 58-64

  Palmer, D W ^a   Kirschenbaum, M ^a   Murton, J P ^a   Kovacina, M A ^b   Steinberg, D H ^c   Calabrese, S N ^a   Zajac, K M ^a   Hantak, C M ^a   Schatz, J E ^a  

^a JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Orbital Research Inc   (United States)

^c Dim Sum Thinking   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithm design and analysis; Feedback; Humans; Insects; Intelligent agent; Probability; Problem solving; Robots; Software algorithms; Testing

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; FEEDBACK; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; INTELLIGENT ROBOTS; MACHINE DESIGN; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROBOTS; SOFTWARE TESTING; SWARM INTELLIGENCE; TESTING; VIDEO RECORDING;

ALGORITHM DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DEGREES OF COMPLEXITY; HUMANS; INSECTS; MULTI-AGENT SOFTWARES; PROBLEM IDENTIFICATION; SOFTWARE ALGORITHMS; SOFTWARE IMPLEMENTATION;

SOFTWARE AGENTS;

EID: 84942090200     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIS.2003.1202248     Document Type: Conference Paper

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