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Swarm Intelligence Applications for the Internet

Swarm Intelligence Applications for the Internet

Sergio Gutiérrez, Abelardo Pardo, Carlos Delgado Kloos
Copyright: © 2008 |Pages: 6
ISBN13: 9781591409939|ISBN10: 1591409934|EISBN13: 9781591409946
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch084
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Gutiérrez, Sergio, et al. "Swarm Intelligence Applications for the Internet." Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, edited by Mario Freire and Manuela Pereira, IGI Global, 2008, pp. 600-605. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch084

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Gutiérrez, S., Pardo, A., & Kloos, C. D. (2008). Swarm Intelligence Applications for the Internet. In M. Freire & M. Pereira (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications (pp. 600-605). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch084

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Gutiérrez, Sergio, Abelardo Pardo, and Carlos Delgado Kloos. "Swarm Intelligence Applications for the Internet." In Encyclopedia of Internet Technologies and Applications, edited by Mario Freire and Manuela Pereira, 600-605. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2008. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-59140-993-9.ch084

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Abstract

A swarm may be defined as a population of interacting elements that is able to optimize some global objective through collaborative search of a space (Kennedy, 2001). The elements may be very simple machines or very complex living beings, but there are two restrictions to be observed: They are limited to local interactions; usually the interaction is not performed directly but indirectly through the environment. The property that makes swarms interesting is their self-organizing behaviour; in other words, it is the fact that a lot of simple processes can lead to complex results.

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