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Fable of the Bees

Now it is becoming clear that group decisions are also extremely valuable for the success of social animals, such as ants, bees, birds and dolphins. And those animals may have a thing or two to teach people about collective decision-making. There’s an article in the Economist entitled “Decisions, decisions: What people can learn from how social…

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The Epistemology of Mass Collaboration

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Another Stigmergic Application

Here’s an article that talks about using mechanical drones to efficiently monitor the vast area that is Australia’s bush fire zone. The article mentions Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) and stigmergy – two notions that are of particular interest to my work.   The article: Learning from birds to study fires on the fly

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Swarm on the Beeb: Nature’s Incredible Invasions

The BBC are broadcasting a two-part programme on swarm behaviour. It’s worth checking it out for the terrific footage – not having had the sound on, I don’t know if anything conceptually interesting is discussed. I will revisit the programme with sound soon. Click here to view part 1.