Swarm Intelligence

图书介绍

   
Well received the September UK Game industry show. Recent publicity includes a mention in Visual Basic Design Magazine, June issue.



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    Well received it might be, but what is it? A book about a game? A horror sci-fi novel?

"Swarm intelligence (SI) is an artificial intelligence technique based around the study of collective behavior in decentralized, self-organized systems. The expression "swarm intelligence" was introduced by Beni & Wang in 1989, in the context of cellular robotic systems."

"SI systems are typically made up of a population of simple agents interacting locally with one another and with their environment. Although there is normally no centralized control structure dictating how individual agents should behave, local interactions between such agents often lead to the emergence of global behavior. Examples of systems like this can be found in nature, including ant colonies, bird flocking, animal herding, bacteria molding and fish schooling."

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Swarm_intelligence&printable=yes

"This book is intended for researchers, senior-undergraduate and graduate students with a social science, cognitive science, engineering, or computer science background, and those with a keen interest in this quickly evolving "inter-discipline." It is also written for what is referred to in the business as the "intelligent layperson." You shouldn��t need a Ph.D. to read this book; a driving curiosity and interest in the current state of science should be enough. The sections on application of the swarm algorithm principles will be especially helpful to those researchers and engineers who are concerned with getting something that works. It is helpful to understand the basic concepts of classical (two-valued) logic and elementary statistics. Familiarity with personal computers is also helpful, but not required. We will occasionally wade into some mathematical equations, but only an elementary knowledge of mathematics should be necessary for understanding the concepts discussed here."

From book's website:
"This book is intended for researchers, senior-undergraduate and graduate students with a social science, cognitive science, engineering, or computer science background, and those with a keen interest in this quickly evolving "inter-discipline." It is also written for what is referred to in the business as the "intelligent layperson." You shouldn��t need a Ph.D. to read this book; a driving curiosity and interest in the current state of science should be enough. The sections on application of the swarm algorithm principles will be especially helpful to those researchers and engineers who are concerned with getting something that works. It is helpful to understand the basic concepts of classical (two-valued) logic and elementary statistics. Familiarity with personal computers is also helpful, but not required. We will occasionally wade into some mathematical equations, but only an elementary knowledge of mathematics should be necessary for understanding the concepts discussed here."
http://www.swarmintelligence.org/SIBook/SI.php

Amazon info with 13 customer reviews:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/customer-reviews/1558605959/

    PS Thanks for the share. My worst nightmares are confirmed. :)