Swarm Intelligence and Swarm AI

A brief introduction to Swarm AI and how it intends to present a general framework for developing Swarm Intelligence.

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1. Swarm Intelligence Doug Stephen and Swarm AI Monday, February 11, 13
2. Quantifying the emergent behavior of large, social groups Just look at all the birds. Being social. In a large group. Monday, February 11, 13
3. In Geek Speak Monday, February 11, 13
4. In Geek Speak ➡ Swarms are made of Agents Monday, February 11, 13
5. In Geek Speak ➡ Swarms are made of Agents ➡ Swarms are made of Intelligent Agents Monday, February 11, 13
6. In Geek Speak ➡ Swarms are made of Agents ➡ Swarms are made of Intelligent Agents ➡ Swarms are made of lots of Intelligent Agents Monday, February 11, 13
7. Traditional Agents love feedback loops Monday, February 11, 13
8. So what about agents in a swarm? How do they solve problems? Monday, February 11, 13
9. Rule 1 Monday, February 11, 13
10. Rule 1 Agents are autonomous, and work individually on a common problem. Monday, February 11, 13
11. Autonomy Monday, February 11, 13
12. Autonomy Agents cannot directly control each other. This means no delegation of tasks or jobs. Monday, February 11, 13
13. Rule 2: Monday, February 11, 13
14. Rule 2: Agents are simple. Like this slide. More than simple, they should be fast and have limited knowledge. Monday, February 11, 13
15. No Big Picture Monday, February 11, 13
16. No Big Picture Agents don’t need to sense/perceive the whole environment; just what’s important to their slice. This keeps them simple and fast, which really means they process their job quickly. Monday, February 11, 13
17. Rule 3 Monday, February 11, 13
18. Rule 3 Agents can communicate indirectly to in uence the behavior of other agents. Monday, February 11, 13
19. Two Ways Monday, February 11, 13
20. Two Ways In uence via stigmergy In uence via observable change in state Monday, February 11, 13
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22. Baaah. These principles lead to Emergent Behavior. The swarm resolves the big picture problem, without ever having knowledge of it. Monday, February 11, 13
23. Why Emergent Behavior? Why not a “hive mind”? Monday, February 11, 13
24. Simple Agents are easy to model. Monday, February 11, 13
25. Simple Agents are computationally inexpensive. Monday, February 11, 13
26. Design of Swarm AI systems doesn’t require a wealth of interdisciplinary knowledge. Monday, February 11, 13
27. Swarm AI isn’t perfect Monday, February 11, 13
28. Swarm AI systems aren’t precise. Monday, February 11, 13
29. Swarm AI systems are highly parametric, requiring tweaking. Monday, February 11, 13
30. The agents are simple to design, but the problem partitioning and task delegation might not be. Monday, February 11, 13
31. Slides Available on Speaker Deck https://speakerdeck.com/dljsjr/swarm-intelligence-and-swarm-ai Monday, February 11, 13