Explores self-organization in natural systems and foraging strategies of ants, including the Traveling Salesman Problem and Ant Colony Optimization algorithms.
Covers the proof of the Bourgain's ARV Theorem, focusing on the finite set of points in a semi-metric space and the application of the ARV algorithm to find the sparsest cut in a graph.
Explores Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) for routing and optimization, discussing constructive heuristics, local search, pheromone mechanisms, and real-world applications.
