J. Amudhavel ¹, R. Ilamathi ¹, D. Pradeepa ¹, Sasidevi Ganesan ¹, B. Bhuvaneswari ²

Affiliations
1 Department of CSE, SMVEC, Pondicherry - 605107, Tamil Nadu, IN
2 Department of CSE, Pondicherry University, Pondicherry - 605014, Tamil Nadu, ID

Abstract

Background/Objectives: To analyze the Nutrient diffusion through an ant colony is a complex process of transmitting information from one node to another. Methods/Statistical Analysis: Ants have a special mode of transmission known as trophallaxis, which involves the transfer of liquid-based food from one ant's mouth to another. The worker ants may be categorized into two types: forager and non-forager, both of which are involved in the food transfer. Findings: In this research, by considering trophallaxis, the diffusion of the food signal through the ant colony is modelled as a two-type branching process. Analytic results based on asymptotic estimates of the branching process are here shown to be consistent with empirical results gathered from mini-colony experiments. The division of labor in worker ants is an important feature that exhibits the sociality of the colony. Indeed, resource allocation becomes more efficient if each worker ant is able to focus on one particular task only throughout its lifetime. Applications/Improvements: The division of labor, forager ants tends to be the more “aggressive” type in terms of seeking ants from which food can be received and subsequently exchanged. Meanwhile, the non-forager ants are more specialized in nest-maintenance activities and because of their relatively smaller size are more likely to obtain nourishment by another means. The trophallactic transmission process is investigated by Moreira et al. by conducting an experiment on a mini-colony of ants consisting of a mixture of the two classes3.

Keywords

Leaf-Cutting, Nutrient, Trophallaxis

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D Sathian ¹, R. Ilamathi ², R. Praveen Kumar ¹, J. Amudhavel ³, P. Dhavachelvan ⁴

Affiliations
1 Department of CSE, Pondicherry University, Kalapet, Puducherry - 605014, Pondicherry, IN
2 Department of CSE,SMVEC, Mannadipet Commune, Madagadipet, Pondicherry - 605107,, IN
3 Department of CSE,Mannadipet Commune, Madagadipet, Puducherry - 605107, IN
4 Pondicherry University, Pondicherry – 605014, Tamil Nadu, IN

Abstract

Background/Objectives: To analyze, find and interpret the current challenges in Distributed File Systems for research. Method/Statistical Analysis: With the immense growth of network applications a large amount of data existence is managed and stored. To process a huge amount data that is to be stored, a backend framework is required and for that DFS provides a central store for those data. As the amount of data being increased, the issue of proving efficient and easy to use solution arises and this issue is overcome using distributed file systems. Findings: In this research, an overview about various evolution of file system and how distributed file system is being used effectively in wide variety of network applications. DFS aims at sharing data and storing resources which is physically distributed on computers with a common file system. The main issues concerning the design of DFS such as fault tolerance, architecture, synchronization, consistency and replication and few others are also discussed in detail. It alsogives a comprehensive taxonomy of DFS in detail. Applications/Improvements: The encouraging results observed from this work serve as the motivation to apply future implementation of DFS within the context of current developments in distributed computing.

Keywords

Challenges, Distributed File System, Fault Tolerance, Scalability, Transparency

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