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Swarm Intelligence

Posted by michael on from the alfred-hitchcock dept.

elamdaly writes "Eric Bonabeau, Ph.D, a keynote speaker at the upcoming Emerging Technology conference, is a leader in the field of swarm intelligence and has focused on applying these concepts to real world problems such as factory scheduling and telecommunications routing. The concept itself is borrowed from nature; in this interview, that's where the conversation begins, with ants and other social insects. Dr. Bonabeau takes us from his childhood nightmares of carnivorous wasps to applying the theories of swarm intelligence to solving real problems in the business world."

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  1. WTF? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    An article for businessmen?

    How much was /. paid to plug this webzine?

    This has no merit and nothing to say?

    Once again, WTF?

  2. p2p apps by MxTxL · · Score: 1, Troll

    There is no doubt that swarming technologies have been AWESOME for p2p applications.... downloading a file from more than one source speeds up napstering (like the verbing there?).

    1. Re:p2p apps by spacefight · · Score: 1, Troll

      Attention: you are infringing Roxios Trademark. No swarm out :)

  3. Swarm Intelligence... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    In other words, imagine if slashdotters actually READ the site before posting!