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Re:The Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridges (2018) by senthil_rajasek on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:31PM (#41373940)
If you find Ants interesting you would probably like E.O. Wilson's works. That's all he did his entire life, study ants.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Ants

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Re:The Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridges (2018) by SeanAnderson on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @06:50PM (#41374109)
E.O. Wilson's published work was read by Will Wright, creator of SimCity / The Sims / SimAnt, and the material is what inspired him to create SimAnt :)

Will has also stated that the pheromone system designed for SimAnt was repurposed to be used in The Sims! Very interesting stuff if you ask me :)

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Re:The Simple Algorithm That Ants Use to Build Bridges (2018) by withants on Tuesday August 27, 2024 @09:25PM (#41375101)
Thank you. What a life!
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