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Swarm Intelligence

Swarm Intelligence. A Broad Overview. What is swarm intelligence? (And where did it come from?). Why study swarm intelligence?. What is the future of swarm intelligence?. What is swarm intelligence…? . -- “Swarms are systems that consist of many individuals

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Swarm Intelligence

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  1. Swarm Intelligence A Broad Overview

  2. What is swarm intelligence? (And where did it come from?) Why study swarm intelligence? What is the future of swarm intelligence?

  3. What is swarm intelligence…? -- “Swarms are systems that consist of many individuals that are organized and coordinated by principles of decentralized control, indirect communication, and self-organization.” ~ D. Merkle

  4. Stigmergy – a mechanism of indirect coordination between agents or actions

  5. …(And where did it come from?) -- Founded the Journal of Robotic Systems -- Introduced the expression “swarm intelligence” in 1989 while in the context of researching cellular robotic systems Gerardo Beni

  6. Why study swarm intelligence? To better understand emergent behavior in nature To better apply swarm intelligence to problem solving

  7. Emergent Behavior in Nature Stephen Wolfram posited in his 2002 book, A New Kind of Science, that emergent properties embodied by collectives came from simple programs that drove the complexity of snowflakes, shells, the brain, even the universe itself.

  8. Problem-Solving Techniques Swarm engineering research shows that swarm intelligence systems are a bottom-up scheme. In a bottom-up scheme, agent ignorance is useful; local information leads to global behavior and chaos grows into a complex order.

  9. Problem-Solving Techniques Ant Colony Optimization -- artificial ants build solutions by moving on the problem graph and they, mimicking real ants, deposit artificial pheromone on the graph in such a way that future artificial ants can build better solutions Particle Swarm Optimization -- gives individual agents within the swarm the ability to change its position depending on its own limited intelligence and in comparison to other agents in the population

  10. What is the future of swarm intelligence? Computer Science Applications Business and Technology Applications

  11. Computer Science Applications Algorithms that define collaboration and transactive memory Refinement of current algorithms such as ACO and PSO Research, research, and more research!

  12. Business and Technology Applications Collaboration -- provides individuals with a unique opportunity to leverage their strengths with the help of others. Transactive Memory -- allows group members to allocate and retrieve domain-specific knowledge in order to distribute information-processing responsibilities efficiently

  13. Business and Technology Applications In the business world, time is money. However, even with the principles of swarm intelligence applied to a business setting, human systems could run the risk of failure if the right person isn’t doing the right job.

  14. Business and Technology Applications Space exploration and planet mapping Military communications and control of unmanned vehicles

  15. Conclusion Swarm intelligence is a powerful natural phenomena that is being applied to areas of industry such as computer science, business, and technology The potential of swarm intelligence is just barely being tapped and the advances it can bring to humanity as a whole are astronomical.

  16. “The creation of a thousand forests lies in one acorn.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

  17. References Yan-fei Zhu and Xiong-Min Tang, “Overview of swarm intelligence,” International Conference on Computer Application and System Modeling, October 2010, pp. 400-403. D. Merkle and M. Middendorf, “Swarm intelligence and signal processing,” in IEEE Signal Processing Magazine, Volume 25, Issue 6, November 2008, pp. 152-158. JivikaGovil, JiveshGovil, and A. Nandra, “An insight into swarm intelligence for adapting to business and technology,” IEEE Region 5 Conference, April 2008, pp. 1-5. L.L. Jiand Y.H. Jin, “Team collaboration and transactive memory system on swarm intelligence,” International Conference on E-Product, E-Service, and E-Entertainment, November 2010, pp. 1-4. Ed Yong, “How the science of swarms can help us fight cancer and predict the future,” http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2013/03/powers-of-swarms/all/ , March 2013.

  18. Questions?

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