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A '''swarm''' is a moving crowd: a group of similar agents who share the same place and move in the same direction. In short, a swarm is a group of animals that aggregate and travel in the same direction. Many social insects form swarms, such as ants, termites, locusts, wasps, and honey bees. Other examples are schools of fish, flocks of birds, herds of land animals. A swarm can exhibt interesting forms of [[Swarm Intelligence|swarm intelligence]]. | A '''swarm''' is a moving [[Crowd|crowd]]: a group of similar agents who share the same place and move in the same direction. In short, a swarm is a group of animals that aggregate and travel in the same direction. Many social insects form swarms, such as ants, termites, locusts, wasps, and honey bees. Other examples are schools of fish, flocks of birds, herds of land animals. A swarm can exhibt interesting forms of [[Swarm Intelligence|swarm intelligence]]. | ||
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Revision as of 09:05, 6 March 2011
A swarm is a moving crowd: a group of similar agents who share the same place and move in the same direction. In short, a swarm is a group of animals that aggregate and travel in the same direction. Many social insects form swarms, such as ants, termites, locusts, wasps, and honey bees. Other examples are schools of fish, flocks of birds, herds of land animals. A swarm can exhibt interesting forms of swarm intelligence.
