swarmhypothetical
Swarmhypothetical is a term used in discussions of swarm intelligence and multi-agent systems to denote a hypothetical or thought-experimental swarm. It refers to an imagined collection of simple, locally interacting agents whose collective behavior is studied to understand principles of emergence, coordination, and robustness. The term is not a formal concept with a universally accepted definition, but a shorthand used in theoretical work and informal discourse to frame questions about how swarms might perform under specific conditions.
In a swarmhypothetical scenario, researchers specify parameters such as agent count, sensing range, communication topology, rules
Typical uses include benchmarking control algorithms, studying robustness to noise and failure, and illustrating emergent phenomena
See also: swarm robotics, collective behavior, emergent phenomena, agent-based modeling.