CSSE-490: Week 1
Date
Activities
Monday, November 27
Introduction to Swarm Intelligence, Set-up of course
Tuesday, November 28
Discussion of Eric Bonabeau's article
Swarm Intelligence: A Whole New Way to Think About Business
.
Modelling simple ant behavior
Thursday, November 30
Presentation and discussion of:
Chapter 1 from the book
Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems
by Bonabeau, Dorigo, and Theraulaz.
Presentation
by Nathan Carlson and Fred Webber
Chapter 2, sections 1 and 2 from the book
Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems
by Bonabeau, Dorigo, and Theraulaz
Presentation
by Josh White and Chase Crafton
Friday, Dec 1
Presentation and discussion of:
Ant-Like Agents for Load Balancing in Telecommunications Networks
by Schoonderwoerd, Holland, and Bruten.
Presentation
by Zac Blankenbaker and Peter Lonjers
Design of Bucket Brigade Production lines
by Bartholdi, Eisenstein, Jacobs-Blecha, and Ratliff.
Presentation by Keith Marcum and Renchi Ma
(No slides)