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i'm really glad someone mentioned this b/c i had thought about and couldn't decide if i was making any sense or not. any other links deuces?
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Classically swarm intelligence has been studied on AIs, engineering and insects since it says the interacting agents have to be fairly simple. Only recently have one began to look at how human intelligence and social factors can be looked at it in a swarm system and how these models can interact.
A combinatory computer model is the 'particle swarm optimization' here is a wiki on it:
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There is also a journal called 'Swarm Intelligence' that has 2 issues out and free online content:
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