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Hard to say. I would not put down a hard and fast rule concerning numbers, especially since also larger formations act through smaller ones which can be also maneuver and fight semi- and...

I already posted before that I'm troubled by the very (very) broad use of the term swarming. Some tentative tries in the RAND study.

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So there it is. I will comment...

Perhaps, if you look at the first post of this thread. ;)

Packaging, labeling, marketing are all part of the game, be it a wine (-glass) or idea business thus the phrase of the old wine in new...

Agreed. However the new bottles can greatly influence our perception of the old wine and our wine experience. Just as a beautiful glass beats plastic in a classy dinner and drives important...

I think it means something different to a lot of people. Having read a bit about biological swarms, swarm intelligence and self organization I would argue that you can use it for a lot of things. For...

I share this point of view just as the accusation of cherry picking. The author commits one of the biggest sin in science, trying to build a case fitting his premediated option by a very biased (and...

After having read quite a bit about self-organization, mostly concerning ants and termites I want to throw in some thoughts. An interesting presentation can be found here.



So far so good. A...

I think it will be interesting to give the concepts of biological swarms a closer look. Still Ken is on something when he points at the human element. So far, the use of principles of the so called...

So there is hope in this dark world, may netwar deliver us. :D


After that cheap shot let us look at this swarming thing.



According to this definition all armed forces swarm. Or better...