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Ant Trails
Emergence from simple rules
Colony
Food
Ants
0
Food Collected
50
Ants
Number of Ants 50
Evaporation Rate Medium
1 Ants wander randomly from colony
2 Finding food, they head home leaving scent
3 Other ants detect and follow trails
4 Trails fade over time if not reinforced
5 Optimal paths emerge naturally
Emergence
No ant knows the big picture. Each follows simple rules. Yet the colony solves complex optimization problems. Intelligence emerges from simplicity.