Showing posts with label Jouney to the Ants. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Jouney to the Ants. Show all posts

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.