CSSE-453: Week 1
Date
Activities
Assignments due
Monday, Nov. 29
Introduction to
Swarm Intelligence
,
Global optimization
, and
ants
. Set-up of course
Tuesday, Nov. 30
Discussion of Eric Bonabeau's article
Swarm Intelligence: A Whole New Way to Think About Business
.
Modelling simple ant behavior
Review
Thursday, Dec. 2
Presentation and discussion of:
Chapter 1 from the book
Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems
by Bonabeau, Dorigo, and Theraulaz.
Presentation
by: David Pick and Mark Jenne
Chapter 2, sections 1 and 2 from the book
Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems
by Bonabeau, Dorigo, and Theraulaz
Presentation
by: Nathan Weir and Ian Roberts
Skim readings
Friday, Dec 3
Presentation and discussion of:
Ant-Like Agents for Load Balancing in Telecommunications Networks
by Schoonderwoerd, Holland, and Bruten.
Presentation
by: Robert Pienta and Alice Forehand
Design of Bucket Brigade Production lines
by Bartholdi, Eisenstein, Jacobs-Blecha, and Ratliff.
Presentation
by: Aaron Blankenbaker and Eric Reed.
Video shown as part of presentation
Read abstract, intro, conclusions and skim papers.