# 🐜 AntStackComplexity

**Daniel A. Friedman** (2025) · *Zenodo*

[![DOI](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-10.5281%2Fzenodo.17238736-blue)](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17238736)

---

## Abstract

> Extending the AntStack framework, this paper examines complexity science approaches to understanding ant colony organization. We connect concepts from information theory, complex adaptive systems, and non-equilibrium thermodynamics to the multilevel analysis of social insect colonies.

## Keywords

`AntStack` · `complexity science` · `information theory` · `complex adaptive systems` · `ant colonies` · `non-equilibrium thermodynamics`

## Methods

- Field observation and behavioral assays
- Population genetics analysis

## Key Findings

- We present a comprehensive computational complexity and energy analysis framework for the Ant Stack, an integrated biomimetic architecture for embodied artificial intelligence..
- Our investigation employs analytical models for contact dynamics physics, sparse spiking neural networks, and active inference to characterize complexity and energy consumption in real-time embodied systems operating at 100 Hz control frequencies..
- Energy efficiency has emerged as a critical constraint in embodied AI systems, yet traditional complexity analysis fails to capture the nuanced energy-performance trade-offs inherent in real-world implementations..

## Artifacts

- DOI: [10.5281/zenodo.17238736](https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17238736)
- Zenodo record: [https://zenodo.org/records/17238736](https://zenodo.org/records/17238736)
- PDF: [2025_AntStackComplexity.pdf](2025_AntStackComplexity.pdf)
- PDF download: [Complexity-Energetics_AntStack_9-30-2025.pdf](https://zenodo.org/api/records/17238737/files/Complexity-Energetics_AntStack_9-30-2025.pdf/content)
- PDF SHA-256: [See Zenodo record](https://zenodo.org/records/17238736)

## Citation

> Daniel A. Friedman (2025). *AntStackComplexity*. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17238736. URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17238736.

## Related

- [Full Bibliography](../../pages/BIBLIOGRAPHY.md)
- [All Papers](../README.md)