ANT MARKET
Can a colony allocate resources under changing conditions?
Paper simulation only — no funds, no trading. Four identical zones each emit a simulated signal that drifts over time. Ants cannot read names, prices or charts; they only find more resource where the signal is stronger.
Can a colony allocate resources under changing conditions?
Four zones with independently drifting simulated yields, 240 ants per colony.
Ants forage by local sensing and pheromone trails. Allocation = share of ants in each zone × that zone's yield.
Colony allocation score beats both random colony and equal allocation by a clear margin.
RANDOM COLONY (identical agents, pheromones disabled) and EQUAL ALLOCATION (25% everywhere).
Zone signals are generated, not real market data. This demonstrates nothing about predicting markets.
Does swarm allocation behave differently from randomness?