Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems by Eric Bonabeau (English

Description: Swarm Intelligence by Eric Bonabeau, Marco Dorigo, Guy Theraulaz This book provides a rigorous look at the mechanisms underlying collective behavior in social insects. The field is developing rapidly, and the book includes up-to-date research from biology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, robotics, operations research, and computer graphics. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Social insects--ants, bees, termites, and wasps--can be viewed as powerful problem-solving systems with sophisticated collective intelligence. Composed of simple interacting agents, this intelligence lies in the networks of interactions among individuals and between individuals and the environment. A fascinating subject, social insects are also a powerful metaphor for artificial intelligence, and the problems they solve--finding food, dividing labor among nestmates,building nests, responding to external challenges--have important counterparts in engineering and computer science. This book provides a detailed look at models of social insectbehavior and how to apply these models in the design of complex systems. The book shows how these models replace an emphasis on control, preprogramming, and centralization with designs featuring autonomy, emergence, and distributed functioning. These designs are proving immensely flexible and robust, able to adapt quickly to changing environments and to continue functioning even when individual elements fail. In particular, these designs are an exciting approach to the tremendous growth ofcomplexity in software and information. Swarm Intelligence draws on up-to-date research from biology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, robotics, operations research, and computer graphics, and eachchapter is organized around a particular biological example, which is then used to develop an algorithm, a multiagent system, or a group of robots. The book will be an invaluable resource for a broad range of disciplines. Author Biography Bonabeau is with the Santa Fe Institute. Table of Contents Preface1: Introduction2: Ant Foraging Behavior, Combinatorial Optimization, and Routing in Communications Network3: Division of Labor and Task Allocation4: Cemetery Organization, Brood Sorting, Data Analysis, and Graph Partitioning5: Self-Organization and Templates: Application to Data Analysis and Graph Partitioning6: Nest Building and Self-Assembling7: Cooperative Transport by Insects and Robots8: EpilogueBibliographyIndex Review " The book is full of new ideas, new concepts produced by research direction that is at a rather early stage ... The book sums up a new, fascinating way of devloping algorithms, multi-agent systems and robot swarms based on examples of maybe the most successful social systems found on earth. That makes it well worth reading" JASSS Long Description Social insects--ants, bees, termites, and wasps--can be viewed as powerful problem-solving systems with sophisticated collective intelligence. Composed of simple interacting agents, this intelligence lies in the networks of interactions among individuals and between individuals and the environment. A fascinating subject, social insects are also a powerful metaphor for artificial intelligence, and the problems they solve--finding food, dividing labor among nestmates,building nests, responding to external challenges--have important counterparts in engineering and computer science. This book provides a detailed look at models of social insect behavior and how to apply these models in the design of complex systems. The book shows how thesemodels replace an emphasis on control, preprogramming, and centralization with designs featuring autonomy, emergence, and distributed functioning. These designs are proving immensely flexible and robust, able to adapt quickly to changing environments and to continue functioning even when individual elements fail. In particular, these designs are an exciting approach to the tremendous growth of complexity in software and information. Swarm Intelligence draws on up-to-date research frombiology, neuroscience, artificial intelligence, robotics, operations research, and computer graphics, and each chapter is organized around a particular biological example, which is then used to develop an algorithm, a multiagent system, or a group of robots. The book will be an invaluable resource for a broadrange of disciplines. Review Quote " The book is full of new ideas, new concepts produced by research direction that is at a rather early stage ... The book sums up a new, fascinating way of devloping algorithms, multi-agent systems and robot swarms based on examples of maybe the most successful social systems found on earth. That makes it well worth reading" JASSS Promotional "Headline" 1. Introduction 2. Ant Foraging Behavior, Combinatorial Optimization, and Routing in Communications Networks 3. Division of Labor and Task Allocation 4. Cemetery Organization, Brood Sorting, Data Analysis, and Graph Partitioning 5. Self-Organization and Templates: Application to Data Analysis and Graph Partitioning 6. Nest Building and Self-Assembling 7. Cooperative Transport by Insects and Robots 8. Epilogue Details ISBN0195131592 Author Guy Theraulaz Short Title SWARM INTELLIGENCE Language English ISBN-10 0195131592 ISBN-13 9780195131598 Media Book Format Paperback DEWEY 006.3 Year 1999 Subtitle From Natural to Artificial Systems Edition 1st Residence US Position Researcher Imprint Oxford University Press Inc Place of Publication New York Country of Publication United States Affiliation Researcher, Free University of Brussels DOI 10.1604/9780195131598 UK Release Date 1999-10-21 AU Release Date 1999-10-21 NZ Release Date 1999-10-21 US Release Date 1999-10-21 Birth 1940 Death 1593 Qualifications PhD. Pages 320 Publisher Oxford University Press Inc Series Santa Fe Institute Studies on the Sciences of Complexity Publication Date 1999-10-21 Alternative 9780195131581 Illustrations numerous halftone and line illustrations Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:53304505;

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