The Smart Swarm: How to Work Efficiently, Communicate Effectively, and Make Better Decisions Usin G the Secrets of Flocks, Schools, and Paperback - 2011
by Peter Miller
What ants, bees, fish, and smart swarms can teach about communication, organization, and decision-making.
The modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but twenty-first-century humans actually have much to learn from the ancient instincts of swarmers. A fascinating new take on collective intelligence and its colorful manifestations in some of our most complex problems, The Smart Swarm introduces a compelling new understanding on solving our own problems relating to such topics as business, politics, and technology.
This lively tour from National Geographic reporter Peter Miller introduces ant colonies that have been the inspiration for streamlining factory processes, telephone networks, and truck routes; termites, used in studies for climate-control solutions; schools of fish, on which the U.S. military modeled a team of robots; and many other examples of the wisdom to be gleaned about the behavior of crowds.
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The modern world may be obsessed with speed and productivity, but twenty-first-century humans actually have much to learn from the ancient instincts of swarmers. A fascinating new take on collective intelligence and its colorful manifestations in some of our most complex problems, The Smart Swarm introduces a compelling new understanding on solving our own problems relating to such topics as business, politics, and technology.
This lively tour from National Geographic reporter Peter Miller introduces ant colonies that have been the inspiration for streamlining factory processes, telephone networks, and truck routes; termites, used in studies for climate-control solutions; schools of fish, on which the U.S. military modeled a team of robots; and many other examples of the wisdom to be gleaned about the behavior of crowds.
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- Title The Smart Swarm: How to Work Efficiently, Communicate Effectively, and Make Better Decisions Usin G the Secrets of Flocks, Schools, and
- Author Peter Miller
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Avery Publishing Group
- Date 2011-07-05
- Features Index, Price on Product - Canadian, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9781583334287 / 1583334289
- Weight 0.57 lbs (0.26 kg)
- Dimensions 8.16 x 5.54 x 0.79 in (20.73 x 14.07 x 2.01 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Decision making, Human behavior
- Dewey Decimal Code 156
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