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Swarm Intelligence & Collective Systems Explained: A Beginner's Guide to Biological Self-Organization, Nature-Inspired Algorithms, and Swarm Robotics

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Book cover type: Paperback
  • ISBN13: 9798254113577
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Subject: N/A
  • Publisher: Independently Published
  • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published
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  • Pages: 104
  • Original Price: GBP 6.63
  • Language: English
  • Edition: N/A
  • Item Weight: 150 grams
  • BISAC Subject(s): Programming / Algorithms

Swarm Intelligence brings together simple, locally interacting agents to produce powerful, emergent solutions without central control. This book introduces the core concepts-agents, local interaction, emergence, stigmergy, and the exploration-exploitation trade-off-in clear, sensory-rich language designed for beginners.

Readers will master two foundational metaheuristics: Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO), which navigates continuous cost surfaces using position, velocity, personal best, and global best; and Ant Colony Optimization (ACO), which builds combinatorial solutions on graphs through pheromone trails, heuristic information, and probabilistic transition rules. Detailed step-by-step algorithms, constraints, and parameter guidance make implementation straightforward.

The third chapter bridges theory and practice by mapping these algorithms onto physical robots. Concepts such as robot pose, motion command, virtual pheromone fields, and sensor-derived costs illustrate how decentralized swarms solve navigation, coverage, and collective transport tasks.

Finally, the book shows how to abstract any problem into a continuous cost surface or a graph, enabling engineers to reuse the same feedback-driven framework across domains-from logistics to autonomous exploration.

With vivid examples, active-voice explanations, and consistent formatting, this guide equips readers to design, implement, and experiment with swarm-based solutions, unlocking the potential of emergent, high-quality optimization in both software and hardware environments.

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