Monday, March 10, 2008

Before You Kill The Next Ant,...


...you should see what ants are capable of in this paper. As a general rule, I try not to destroy anything that I cannot replace. I fail often, but I am trying my best.

I became interested in ant behaviors when I read "Journey to the Ants" back in 1995. What I found most amazing was that some ants use tools in their warfare.

Some people solve optimization problems by emulating what ants do. Their finding is called ant colony optimization. I think it's very clever.

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