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Ant Trails
Emergence from simple rules
Colony
Food
Ants
0
Food Collected
50
Ants
Start
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Number of Ants
50
Evaporation Rate
Medium
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Ants wander randomly from colony
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Finding food, they head home leaving scent
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Other ants detect and follow trails
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Trails fade over time if not reinforced
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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.