International Journals

  • Babaoglu O., Canright G., Deutsch A., Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., Ganguly N., Jelasity K., Montemanni R., Montresor A., T. Urnes, Design Patterns from Biology for Distributed Computing, ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS) , Vol. 1, N. 1, September 2006

  • Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Rizzoli A., Gambardella L.M., Building blocks from biology for the design of algorithms for the management of modern dynamic networks European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics (ERCIM) News, Special Issue on Emergent Computing, N. 64, January 2006

  • Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., BISON: Biology-Inspired techniques for Self-Organization in dynamic Networks Kuenstliche Intelligenz (The German AI Journal), Special Issue on Swarm Intelligence, Vol. 4, November 2005

  • Ducatelle F., Di Caro G., Gambardella L.M., Using Ant Agents to Combine Reactive and Proactive Strategies for Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, International Journal on Computational Intelligence and Applications (IJCIA), Special Issue on Nature-Inspired Approaches to Networks and Telecommunications, Vol. 5, N. 2, June 2005

  • Di Caro G., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., AntHocNet: An Adaptive Nature-Inspired Algorithm for Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, European Transactions on Telecommunications, Special Issue on Self-organization in Mobile Networking, Vol. 16, N. 5, October 2005

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "AntNet: Distributed Stigmergetic Control for Communications Networks" (reprinted by permission from JAIR), Vivek, A Quarterly in Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 12(3-4), Pag. 2-37, 1999.

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "AntNet: Distributed Stigmergetic Control for Communications Networks", Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR), Vol. 9, Pag. 317-365, 1998.

    Book Chapters, and Edited Books and Journal Issues
  • Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., Routage dans les réseaux mobiles ad hoc en environnement urbain (in French, "Routing in urban mobile ad hoc networks"), in Monmarché N., Guinand F., Siarry P. (Eds.), Fourmis artificielles, dès bases algorithmiques aux concepts et réalisations avancées , Hermès Science Publications, France. To be published, 2008 (a draft English version of the chapter has been published as Technical report IDSIA-05-08)

  • Farooq M., Di Caro G.A., Routing protocols for next-generation intelligent networks inspired by collective behaviors of insect societies in Blum C., Merkle D. (Eds.), Swarm Intelligence: Introduction and Applications, Springer, Natural Computing Series, 2008

  • Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., Theory and practice of Ant Colony Optimization for routing in dynamic telecommunications networks, in Sala N., Orsucci F. (Eds.), Reflecting interfaces: the complex coevolution of information technology ecosystems, Idea Group, Hershey, PA, USA. 2008

    International Conferences
  • Ducatelle F., Di Caro G.A., Gambardella L. M., A New Approach for Integrating Proactive and Reactive Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Proceedings of the 5th IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad Hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS), Atlanta, Georgia, USA, 29 September - 2 October, 2008.

  • Ducatelle F., Di Caro G.A., Gambardella L.M., An evaluation of two swarm intelligence MANET routing algorithms in an urban environment, Proceedings of the 5th IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium (SIS), St. Louis, Missouri, USA, 21-23 September, 2008

  • Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., A simulation study of routing performance in realistic urban scenarios for MANETs, Proceedings of ANTS 2008, 6th International Workshop on Ant Algorithms and Swarm Intelligence, , Brussels, 22-24 September 2008, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5217, 2008

  • Ducatelle F., Di Caro G.A., Gambardella L.M., An analysis of the different components of the AntHocNet routing algorithm, Proceedings of ANTS 2006, Fifth International Workshop on Ant Algorithms and Swarm Intelligence, , Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Volume 4150, 2006

  • Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., AI Approaches for Next Generation Telecommunication Networks, Poster at the 50th Anniversary Summit of Artificial Intelligence, Monte Veritá, Switzerland, 9-14 July, 2006

  • Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M. Swarm intelligence for adaptive routing in dynamic networks, , Invited talk at Engineering with Complexity (ECE'05) , satellite workshop of the European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS), Paris, France, 14-18 November, 2005

  • Babaoglu O., Canright G., Deutsch A., Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., Ganguly N., Jelasity K., Montemanni R., Montresor A., Design Patterns from Biology for Distributed Computing European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS) , Paris, France, 14-18 November, 2005

  • Carrillo L., Guadal C., Marzo J.-L., Di Caro G., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., Differentiated Quality of Service scheme based on the use of multiple classes of ant-like mobile agents Student Workshop at the CoNEXT Conference, , Toulouse, France, October 24-27, 2005

  • Di Caro G., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., Swarm intelligence for routing in mobile ad hoc networks Proceedings of the IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, Pasadena, USA, June 8-10, 2005

  • Ducatelle F., Di Caro G., Gambardella L.M., Ant agents for hybrid multipath routing in mobile ad hoc networks Second Annual Conference on Wireless On demand Network Systems and Services (WONS), St. Moritz, Switzerland, January 19-21, 2005

  • Di Caro G., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., AntHocNet: an ant-based hybrid routing algorithm for mobile ad hoc networks Proceedings of PPSN VIII - Eight International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Birmingham, UK, September 18-22, 2004, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 3242 (BEST PAPER AWARD).

  • Di Caro G., Vasilakos T., "Ant-SELA: Ant-agents and stochastic automata learn adaptive routing tables for QoS routing in ATM networks", ANTS'2000 - From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: Second International Workshop on Ant Algorithms, Brussels, Belgium, September 8-9, 2000.

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "Two Ant Colony Algorithms for Best-Effort Routing in Datagram Networks" , Proceedings of PDCS'98 - 10th International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems, Las Vegas, Nevada, October 28-31, 1998, (also Technical Report IRIDIA 98-09).

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "Extending AntNet for Best Effort Quality-of-Service Routing", Abstract Proceedings of ANTS'98 - From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: First International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization, Brussels (BE), October 15-16, 1998. http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/ants98

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "An Adaptive Multi-agent Routing Algorithm Inspired by Ants Behavior", Proceedings of PART98 - Fifth Annual Australasian Conference on Parallel and Real-Time Systems, Adelaide, Australia, September 28-29, 1998 (also Technical Report IRIDIA 98-08).

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "Ant Colonies for Adaptive Routing in Packet-Switched Communications Networks", Proceedings of PPSN V - Fifth International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, Amsterdam, Holland, September 27-30, 1998, Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 1498 (also Technical Report IRIDIA 97-18.1).

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "Ant colony routing", PECTEL 2 Workshop on Parallel Evolutionary Computation in Telecommunications, Reading, England, April 6-7, 1998.

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "Mobile Agents for Adaptive Routing", Proceedings of 31st International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS-31), Big Island of Hawaii, January 6-9, 1998 (also Technical Report IRIDIA 97-20).

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "Adaptive Learning of Routing Tables in Communication Networks", Proceedings of the Italian Workshop on Machine Learning, Torino (IT), December 9-10, 1997.

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "AntNet: A Mobile Agents Approach to Adaptive Routing in Communication Network", Ninth Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence (NAIC '97) (Oral Communication), Antwerpen (BE), November 12-13, 1997.

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "Distributed Reinforcement Agents for Adaptive Routing in Communication Networks", Third European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning, Rennes (F), October 13-14, 1997.

    Theses

  • Di Caro G. "Ant Colony Optimization and its application to adaptive routing in telecommunication networks" PhD thesis in Applied Sciences, Polytechnic School, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2004.

  • Di Caro G. "A society of ant-like agents for adaptive routing in networks", DEA thesis in Applied Sciences, Polytechnic School, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2001.

    Unpublished (so far) Technical Reports

  • Ducatelle F., Di Caro G.A., Gambardella L.M., Robot Navigation in a Networked Swarm, Technical Report IDSIA-06-08, June 2008, IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland

  • Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., Ant Colony Optimization for Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks in Urban Environments, Technical Report IDSIA-05-08, May 2008, IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland

  • Ducatelle F., Di Caro G.A., Gambardella L.M., A New Approach for Integrating Proactive and Reactive Routing in Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Technical Report IDSIA-02-08, March 2008, IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland

  • Ducatelle F., Di Caro G.A., Gambardella L.M., A study on the use of MANETs in an urban environment, Technical Report IDSIA-01-07, January 2007, IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland

  • Di Caro G.A., Ducatelle F., Gambardella L.M., Studies of routing performance in a city-like testbed for mobile ad hoc networks, Technical Report IDSIA-07-06, March 2006, IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland

  • Di Caro G.A., Analysis of simulation environments for mobile ad hoc networks, Technical Report IDSIA-24-03, December 2003, IDSIA, Lugano, Switzerland

  • Di Caro G., Dorigo M., "AntNet: A Mobile Agents Approach to Adaptive Routing", Technical Report IRIDIA 97-12, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB), Brussels (BE).

    Co-Supervised Theses

  • Persico E., "Adaptive load balancing in telecommunications networks" (in Italian), Laurea thesis in Electronics Engineering , Polytechnic Institute of Milan, Italy, 1998.