Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

artificial bee colony

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.67 in modern English

Syllables: ar-ti-fi-cial bee -colony
IPA

31

Scrabble Score

19

Letters

5

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A metaheuristic-based optimization algorithm inspired by the intelligent foraging behavior of honey bee swarms.

Etymology

Proposed by Turkish computer scientist Derviş Karaboğa in 2005.

Inflected Forms

artificial bee colonies (plural)

Synonyms

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Questions

What does artificial bee colony mean?: A metaheuristic-based optimization algorithm inspired by the intelligent foraging behavior of honey bee swarms.
Where does artificial bee colony come from?: Proposed by Turkish computer scientist Derviş Karaboğa in 2005.

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