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The Material World

BBC Radio 4
on BBC Radio 4 FM

Science series. Are ants better at running telecommunication networks than humans? Quentin Coopertalks to Marco Dorigo and Rob Shipman about designing control programmes for computers based on the foraging behaviour of ants. Can these social insects provide a template that will keep data networks running more efficiently and cope with congestion betterthan many human alternatives? Producer Fiona Roberts. E-MAIL: material.world@bbc.co.uk

Contributors

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Quentin Coopertalks
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Marco Dorigo
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Rob Shipman
Producer:
Fiona Roberts.
Source: Radio Times

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