The ANTS 2004 conference proceedings are available online. For more information click here.
Scope of the Workshop
Swarm intelligence is a relatively novel
discipline interested in the study of self-organizing processes
in Nature and human artifacts.
Researchers in ethology and animal behavior have proposed many
models to explain interesting aspects of social insect behavior
such as self-organization and shape-formation. Recently,
algorithms inspired by these models have been proposed to solve
difficult computational problems.
An example of particularly successful research direction in
swarm intelligence is ant colony optimization,
which focuses on discrete optimization problems. Ant colony
optimization has been applied successfully to a large number of
difficult discrete optimization problems including the traveling
salesman, the quadratic assignment, scheduling, vehicle routing,
etc., as well as to routing in telecommunication networks.
Another example of interesting research direction is
swarm robotics, where the focus is on applying
swarm intelligence techniques to the control of large groups of
cooperating autonomous robots.
The ANTS 2004 workshop will give researchers in both real and
artificial swarm intelligence the opportunity to meet, to present
their latest research, and to discuss current developments and
applications.
The four-day workshop will be held in Brussels,
Belgium, Sep 5-8, 2004. September 5 will be devoted to
tutorials.
Relevant Research Areas
ANTS 2004 solicits contributions dealing with any aspect of ant
colony optimization and swarm intelligence. Typical, but not
exclusive topics of interest are:
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Models of the behavior of social insects or other animal
societies that can stimulate new algorithmic approaches.
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Empirical and theoretical research in ant colony optimization
and swarm intelligence.
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Application of ant colony optimization and swarm intelligence
methods to real-world problems.
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Swarm robotics.
Related Conferences
Note that ten days after ANTS 2004, the conference
PPSN-VIII will
take place in Birmingham, UK.
