Honeybees Inspire New Server Strategy
Posted on: Saturday, 17 November 2007, 03:00 CST
Georgia Tech researchers say the swarm intelligence of honeybees can be used to improve the efficiency of Internet servers.
Researchers at Georgia Institute of Technology -- inspired by the ability of honeybees to collect large amounts of nectar efficiently with limited resources and no central command -- created a communication system to help Internet servers that would normally be devoted solely to one task, move between tasks as needed, the university said Friday in a release.
The study, published in the journal Bioinspiration and Biomimetics, said the honeybee method reduces the chances that a Web site could be overwhelmed with requests and lock out potential users and customers. Researchers said the system typically improves service by 4 percent to 25 percent in tests based on real Internet traffic.
Source: United Press International
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