[computer-go] Decision-making methods in a distributed "swarm" of "light-weight" processors.

[Richard Brown]

Nic Schraudolph wrote:

> Muddled as it was, the article clearly did not describe where a swarm  
> clusters
> after leaving its old hive (which as you say is straight "follow the  
> queen"),
> but the process by which a clustered swarm subsequently reaches a  
> collective
> decision where to hive. That can take several days.
> 
> Also, the old queen that leaves the hive is by no means driven out -  
> she leaves
> well before her daughters emerge. The article got it all pretty much  
> right, it just
> failed to mention that swarms cluster somewhere (typically on a tree  
> branch)
> before starting to seek out a new hiving place.

Thanks for the clarification.  I'm less skeptical now.

Several days...  My erroneous underlying assumption was that
the beekeeper would be along shortly and scoop up the hive!

I suppose I should actually have read the article before spouting off.

-- 
Rich