An Experimental Study on Quantum -Entangled Cooperative Behavior in Swarm Intelligence

Abstract

The physical concept of quantum entanglement state was applied to cooperative behavior of two ants (agents) pushing a pebble, which is too heavy for one ant, developed by Summhammer. His conventional study showed that the two quantum-inspired ants imitating quantum entanglement state can push the pebble up to twice relative to the two classical ants in independent relation. In order to set up an experimental condition close to a real society, we increased the number of ants and performed the simulation. From the experimental results, we have proven that the swarm of ants inspired by quantum entanglement state can efficiently gather all pebbles to the goal in comparison with the swarm of independent classical ants. This research achievement is promising for the application to the behavior of robots. Keywords—agent, cooperative behavior, quantum cooperation, quantum entanglement state, swarm intelligence