Download or read book Swarm Intelligence written by Christian Blum and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-09-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book’s contributing authors are among the top researchers in swarm intelligence. The book is intended to provide an overview of the subject to novices, and to offer researchers an update on interesting recent developments. Introductory chapters deal with the biological foundations, optimization, swarm robotics, and applications in new-generation telecommunication networks, while the second part contains chapters on more specific topics of swarm intelligence research.