Researchers, modelers, and engineers interested in multiagent systems, collective behavior, and Active Inference.
Multiagent modeling of collective behavior using Active Inference, with connections to ant colony research.
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Active InferAnts is a multiagent modeling project that applies Active Inference to collective behavior, inspired by ant colony dynamics. It has produced a GitHub repository, a 2021 paper, and code developed within the Active Blockference project, with multiple realizations across different modeling contexts.
Active InferAnts develops multiagent models using Active Inference to simulate and understand collective behavior. The project draws inspiration from social insect biology — particularly ant colony foraging and organization — and applies generative modeling to understand how local agent behaviors produce collective intelligence without central coordination.
The project has a 2021 paper, a GitHub repository with multiple code realizations, and is developed in part through the Active Blockference project. The work spans individual agent models, collective foraging scenarios, and theoretical extensions.
Contributors with backgrounds in computational biology, multiagent systems, Active Inference, or behavioral ecology are welcome. Technical contributions (code, models) and conceptual work (theory, documentation) are both valued.
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Computational meta-analysis of Active Inference literature with nanopublication and knowledge-graph outputs.
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Ontology-oriented repository for shared Active Inference concepts and decentralized science knowledge infrastructure.
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Notebook-based applied Active Inference work connected to blockchain-adjacent and generative modeling examples.
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Python models and materials for ant-inspired multiagent Active Inference.
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Active Inference & Category Theory
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Active Entity Ontology for Science
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Public ants repository in the ActiveInferenceInstitute GitHub namespace.