How Ants Build Complex Traffic Systems Without Any Leaders

A few months ago, I awoke to find a streak spanning the length of my kitchen wall that looked like it had been drawn there ...
Science Daily

Analysis of ant colonies could improve network algorithms

An analysis of ant colony behavior could yield better algorithms for network communication, say investigators. Biologists have long suspected that ants base their population-density estimates on the ...
Wired

The natural genius of ants is helping us build better algorithms

For the past three decades Deborah Gordon has devoted herself to studying ant colonies in the Arizona desert. Although her chosen subject – the red harvester ant – isn’t much to look at, when they ...
EurekAlert!

Deciphering algorithms used by ants and the Internet

Engineers sometimes turn to nature for inspiration. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Associate Professor Saket Navlakha and research scientist Jonathan Suen found that adjustment algorithms—the same ...
WCBD

Deciphering Algorithms Used By Ants And The Internet

COLD SPRING HARBOR, N.Y., March 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Engineers sometimes turn to nature for inspiration. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Associate Professor Saket Navlakha and research scientist ...