Visualization of Ant Pheromone Based Path Following
Abstract
This thesis develops a simulation and visualization of a path finding algorithm based on
ant pheromone paths created in 3D space. The simulation is useful as a demonstration of
a heuristic approach to NP-complete problems and as an educational tool for
demonstrating how ant colonies gather food. An interactive real time 3D visualization is
built on top of the simulation. A graphical user interface layer allows user interaction
with the simulation and visualization.
Subject
antsant pathing
pathing
visualization
AI
artificial intelligence
emergent behavior
stereoscopy
stereoscopic
Qt
interactive
NP-complete
simulation
education
path finding
real-time
Citation
Sutherland, Benjamin T. (2009). Visualization of Ant Pheromone Based Path Following. Master's thesis, Texas A&M University. Available electronically from https : / /hdl .handle .net /1969 .1 /ETD -TAMU -2009 -12 -7518.