Off topic, was:Re: [computer-go] Decision-making methods in a distributed "swarm" of "light-weight" processors.

[Chris Fant]

Evolution didn't tell those poor bees anything about King Air 200s.


On 7/14/06, David G Doshay <ddoshay at mac.com> wrote:
> When this thread was originally running I found it interesting that
> there were references to "optimal" search decisions. I think this link
> might shed a little light on how optimal those decisions can be.
>
> http://www.avweb.com/newspics/bees_a_king_air.pdf
>
> Cheers,
> David
>
>
>
> On 27, May 2006, at 6:03 AM, Aidan Karley wrote:
>
> >        While apiculture is, I'm sure, interesting, I posted the links
> > because I was interested in the search-and-re-probe algorithm that
> > appears to be in use for determining which of the numerous potential
> > permanent sites is the "best possible" site for the second phase of
> > the
> > relocation. If I've understood the (irrelevant) apiculture
> > correctly, the
> > swarm leaves the old nest /en masse/ , and possibly "in a hurry",
> > moves a
> > distance and makes a temporary bivouac encampment. From the
> > encampment,
> > scouts are sent out to explore the environ into which they've flown
> > (sense: flapping, and sense: escaped) and here they execute a
> > "consensus-quorum" search algorithm to locate the optimal site they
> > can
> > reach from the bivouac. "Optimal" for the purposes of long-term
> > settlement, rather than another bivouac.
>
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