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  • 11Swarm intelligence — (SI) is artificial intelligence based on the collective behavior of decentralized, self organized systems. The expression was introduced by Gerardo Beni and Jing Wang in 1989, in the context of cellular robotic systems [ Beni, G., Wang, J. Swarm… …

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  • 12swarm — swarm1 [swôrm] n. [ME < OE swearm, akin to Ger schwarm, prob. < IE base * swer , to buzz > L susurrare, to hiss, whisper, sorex, Gr hyrax, shrew] 1. a large number of bees, led by a queen, leaving one hive for another to start a new… …

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  • 13Swarm — Swarm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swarmed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swarming}.] 1. To collect, and depart from a hive by flight in a body; said of bees; as, bees swarm in warm, clear days in summer. [1913 Webster] 2. To appear or collect in a crowd; to throng …

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  • 14swarm — [n] large, moving group army, bevy, blowout, concourse, covey, crowd, crush, drove, flock, herd, horde, host, jam, mass, mob, multitude, myriad, pack, press, push, school, shoal, throng, troop, turnout; concepts 397,417,432 swarm [v] move forward …

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  • 15Swarm (comics) — Superherobox| caption = Swarm comic color = background:#ff8080 character name = Swarm real name = Fritz von Meyer species = publisher = Marvel Comics debut = Champions #14 (Jul 1977) creators = Bill Mantlo and John Byrne alliance color =… …

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  • 16Bees algorithm — The Bees Algorithm is a population based search algorithm first developed in 2005. [Pham DT, Ghanbarzadeh A, Koc E, Otri S, Rahim S and Zaidi M. The Bees Algorithm. Technical Note, Manufacturing Engineering Centre, Cardiff University, UK, 2005]… …

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  • 17swarm — I. /swɔm / (say swawm) noun 1. a body of honey bees which emigrate from a hive and fly off together under the direction of a queen, to start a new colony. 2. a body of bees settled together, as in a hive. 3. a great number of things or persons,… …

  • 18bees —    In medieval, Elizabethan, and Stuart times, bees were regarded as mysterious, intelligent, and holy; their wax was used in church *candles, honey was a biblical image for God s grace and the joys of heaven, poets praised the hive as a model… …

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  • 19swarm — swarm1 [swo:m US swo:rm] n [: Old English; Origin: swearm] 1.) a large group of insects, especially ↑bees, moving together 2.) a crowd of people who are moving quickly swarm of ▪ Swarms of tourists jostled through the square. swarm 2 swarm2 v …

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  • 20Swarm — The term swarm (shoaling, swarming or flocking) is applied to fish, insects, birds and microorganisms, such as bacteria, and describes a behavior of an aggregation () of animals of similar size and body orientation, generally cruising in the same …

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