Ant Colonies

Author : Michael DeForge
Publisher : Drawn and Quarterly
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ant Colony written by Michael DeForge and published by Drawn and Quarterly. This book was released on 2014-01-28 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From its opening pages, Ant Colony immerses the reader in a world that is darkly existential, with false prophets, unjust wars, and corrupt police officers, as it follows the denizens of a black ant colony under attack from the nearby red ants. On the surface, it's the story of this war, the destruction of a civilization, and the ants' all too familiar desire to rebuild. Underneath, though, Ant Colony plumbs the deepest human concerns--loneliness, faith, love, apathy, and more. All of this is done with humor and sensitivity, exposing a world where spiders can wreak unimaginable amounts of havoc with a single gnash of their jaws.

Author : Deborah M. Gordon
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400835445
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ant Encounters written by Deborah M. Gordon and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2010-03-22 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do ant colonies get anything done, when no one is in charge? An ant colony operates without a central control or hierarchy, and no ant directs another. Instead, ants decide what to do based on the rate, rhythm, and pattern of individual encounters and interactions--resulting in a dynamic network that coordinates the functions of the colony. Ant Encounters provides a revealing and accessible look into ant behavior from this complex systems perspective. Focusing on the moment-to-moment behavior of ant colonies, Deborah Gordon investigates the role of interaction networks in regulating colony behavior and relations among ant colonies. She shows how ant behavior within and between colonies arises from local interactions of individuals, and how interaction networks develop as a colony grows older and larger. The more rapidly ants react to their encounters, the more sensitively the entire colony responds to changing conditions. Gordon explores whether such reactive networks help a colony to survive and reproduce, how natural selection shapes colony networks, and how these structures compare to other analogous complex systems. Ant Encounters sheds light on the organizational behavior, ecology, and evolution of these diverse and ubiquitous social insects.

Author : Walter R. Tschinkel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691218498
Total Pages : 244 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ant Architecture written by Walter R. Tschinkel and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2021-06-22 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unprecedented look at the complex and beautiful world of underground ant architecture Walter Tschinkel has spent much of his career investigating the hidden subterranean realm of ant nests. This wonderfully illustrated book takes you inside an unseen world where thousands of ants build intricate homes in the soil beneath our feet. Tschinkel describes the ingenious methods he has devised to study ant nests, showing how he fills a nest with plaster, molten metal, or wax and painstakingly excavates the cast. He guides you through living ant nests chamber by chamber, revealing how nests are created and how colonies function. How does nest architecture vary across species? Do ants have "architectural plans"? How do nests affect our environment? As he delves into these and other questions, Tschinkel provides a one-of-a-kind natural history of the planet's most successful creatures and a compelling firsthand account of a life of scientific discovery. Offering a unique look at how simple methods can lead to pioneering science, Ant Architecture addresses the unsolved mysteries of underground ant nests while charting new directions for tomorrow’s research, and reflects on the role of beauty in nature and the joys of shoestring science.

Author : Marco Dorigo
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262042192
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ant Colony Optimization written by Marco Dorigo and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2004-06-04 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An overview of the rapidly growing field of ant colony optimization that describes theoretical findings, the major algorithms, and current applications. The complex social behaviors of ants have been much studied by science, and computer scientists are now finding that these behavior patterns can provide models for solving difficult combinatorial optimization problems. The attempt to develop algorithms inspired by one aspect of ant behavior, the ability to find what computer scientists would call shortest paths, has become the field of ant colony optimization (ACO), the most successful and widely recognized algorithmic technique based on ant behavior. This book presents an overview of this rapidly growing field, from its theoretical inception to practical applications, including descriptions of many available ACO algorithms and their uses. The book first describes the translation of observed ant behavior into working optimization algorithms. The ant colony metaheuristic is then introduced and viewed in the general context of combinatorial optimization. This is followed by a detailed description and guide to all major ACO algorithms and a report on current theoretical findings. The book surveys ACO applications now in use, including routing, assignment, scheduling, subset, machine learning, and bioinformatics problems. AntNet, an ACO algorithm designed for the network routing problem, is described in detail. The authors conclude by summarizing the progress in the field and outlining future research directions. Each chapter ends with bibliographic material, bullet points setting out important ideas covered in the chapter, and exercises. Ant Colony Optimization will be of interest to academic and industry researchers, graduate students, and practitioners who wish to learn how to implement ACO algorithms.

Author : Allan Fowler
Publisher : Turtleback
ISBN 13 : 9780606340533
Total Pages : 31 pages
Book Rating : 4.3X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside an Ant Colony written by Allan Fowler and published by Turtleback. This book was released on 1998-08-01 with total page 31 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how these social insects live and work together in organized communities that are like bustling cities.

Author : Baltasar Magro
Publisher : Cuento de Luz
ISBN 13 : 8416733147
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ants' Secret written by Baltasar Magro and published by Cuento de Luz. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Silver Medal at the 2019 Moonbeam Children’s Book Awards. A magical, educational book printed in stone paper about the importance of showing love and respect for animal life. The day began in absolute chaos. General Ant had received a message about the imminent danger. On the surface, Chloe and Jack were having fun poking sticks into the anthill, attacking the colony once again. anthill. The General sends an order to soldier ants by sending a special aroma signal that wafted through the many tunnels and caves in the colony. Hundreds of worker ants, together with the soldier ants, rushed through the tunnels to protect the storeroom and their Queen, who was laying eggs. Will these tiny, fascinating insects be able to defend their anthill, and teach the children to respect them? The Ants' Secret is a story about the importance of respecting animals and nature, and an insight into the lives of ants.

Author : Louise Spilsbury
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1477703721
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ant Colonies written by Louise Spilsbury and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working together as a group is vital for the tiny ant. Though vulnerable on their own, as a colony of hundreds or even millions they are able to find food, care for their young, and defend their homes from much larger attackers. Readers will discover a new world beneath their feet through exciting, accessible text.

Author : Deborah Gordon
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN 13 : 9780393321326
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ants at Work written by Deborah Gordon and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ants have long been regarded as the most interesting of the social insects. With their queens and celibate workers, these intriguing creatures have captured the imaginations of scientists and children alike for generations. Yet until now, no one had studied intensely the life cycle of the ant colony as a whole. An ant colony has a life cycle of about fifteen years--it is born, matures, and dies. But the individual ants that inhabit the colony live only one year. So how does this system of tunnels and caves in the dirt become so much more than the sum of its parts?Leading ant researcher Deborah Gordon takes the reader to the Arizona desert to explore this question. The answer involves the emerging insights of the new science of complexity, and contributes to understanding the evolution of life itself.

Author : Matt Lilley
Publisher : North Star Editions, Inc.
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 35 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ant Colonies written by Matt Lilley and published by North Star Editions, Inc.. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This exciting book explores how ants in ant colonies work as a team. The book describes how each ant helps the whole colony, how ants communicate, and how ants accomplish goals together so the colony can survive.

Author : Anna Claybourne
Publisher : Capstone Classroom
ISBN 13 : 1432964879
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Colony of Ants written by Anna Claybourne and published by Capstone Classroom. This book was released on 2012-07 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes how ants (and other insects) function in colonies.