CSSE-453: Day 1

Activities

• Introduction to:
  • Swarm Intelligence
  • Global optimization
  • Ants
• Set-up of course

Resources

• Emergence by Steven Johnson
• Anthill by E.O. Wilson
• Prey by Michael Crichton

• Honeybee Democracy by Thomas Seeley
• Ant Encounters by Deborah Gordon
• The all-time classic, Pulitzer prize winning The Ants by two icons in the field: Bert Holldobler and E.O. Wilson
• Our book, which put SI on the map Swarm Intelligence by Bonabeau, Dorigo and Theraulaz