Applying Social Network Analysis to Agent-Based Models: A Case Study of Task Allocation in Swarm Robotics Inspired by Ant Foraging Behavior

Authors :: Gabriel Ramos-Fernández
Georgina Montserrat Reséndiz-Benhumea
Sandra E. Smith-Aguilar
Tom Froese
Source :: The 2019 Conference on Artificial Life.
Publication Year :: 2019
Publisher :: MIT Press, 2019.
Abstract: Social network analysis and agent-based modeling are two approaches used to study biological and artificial multi-agent systems. However, so far there is little work integrating these two approache...

Subjects :: Work (electrical)
Computer science
business.industry
Social network analysis (criminology)
Swarm robotics
Ant foraging
Artificial intelligence
business
Task (project management)

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