Abstract
Stigmergy is the cooperative behaviour of insects mediated by the environment, found for instance in the food searching activities of ants. The ant society communicates indirectly by marking routes with chemicals (pheromones), which attract other ants to tread the same route. Using stigmergy, the entire ant colony is finally able to find the optimal (shortest) path connecting the nest to the food.
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