This wasp nest building behavior simulator has been written by Sylvain Guérin from the Iasc Department of the ENST de Bretagne. It is based on Guy Théraulaz and Eric Bonnabeau's research on modelling wasp nest building behaviour through stigmergistic coordination.
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