swarm intelligence

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noun

the collective behaviour of a group of animals, esp social insects such as ants, bees, and termites, that are each following very basic rules

an artificial-intelligence approach to problem solving using algorithms based on the self-organized collective behaviour of social insects

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Words nearby swarm intelligence

sward, sware, swarf, swarm, swarm cell, swarm intelligence, swart, swarth, swarthiness, Swarthout, swarthy

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My father was in an intelligence unit for the U.S. Navy, as he had been in World War II.
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A fire that he insists is only picking up pace, according to top-secret intelligence briefings.
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The startled operators at Umballa could obtain no further intelligence and the boy was slain at his post.
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Frankly, we must say that this is inconceivably incompatible with Señor Paternoʼs clear intelligence.
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Thomas Carr—one of the quiet, good men in a fast world—was an admirable companion, full of intelligence and conversation.
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There 171 are a great many streams at Port Royal, and among them three or four where the fish swarm in the spawning season.
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