Ants in OS

[florian fischer]

peg, in observing ants on their pathes trough my andalusian garden
i could see very often singles of them transporting huge
pieces of any material or some dead other insect over long distance
without any help of any one of the crowds of passing-by collegues.
at the same ground we have to change every day the hiden place
of our bread, because its takes only short time for the ants to discovering
any place where to get something which may be usefull.
florian

florian fischer
begleitung im wandel
münchener 6
10779 berlin


Peggy Holman schrieb:

> Even ants operate in OS!
>
> Swarm Intelligence:  A Whole New Way to Think About Business
> Harvard Business Review, May 2001, p. 107. Reprint R0105G
>
> This article discusses how companies are using the strategies of ants to
> improve their operations. Yes, ants; little black insects. It turns out that
> their ability to self-organize by using simple rules to meet the needs of
> their group are a good model for everything from how airlines route
> packages, manufacturers schedule equipment, programmers work together on
> project teams, and businesses innovate. One example I was interested in was
> a web service that allows an organization to self-organize. People
> (including senior management) post ideas. The ideas that get the most
> attention--by people advancing the idea--attracts yet more attention, in the
> same way that ants who have found a delightful food source lay a stronger
> trail to it. Another interesting finding is that the ant strategies differ:
> some do mass recruitment, others have a one-on-one strategy and others
> recruit groups. These strategies are correlated to colony size and have
> different advantages. The last one appears to be the most flexible and
> matched the approach at such companies as Enron and Capital One.
>
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