How closely modelled is this after true ant search behavior?

Hi Aaron, Not at all really. There is a famous example out there illustrating the genetic algorithm called "smart rockets", where rockets evolve to become better at hitting a target. This is a version of that, but I renamed the rockets "ants" and the target "picnic basket". There is another algorithm, the ant colony optimization algorithm, that does model the behavior of ants. That is actually what I have to work on next. (It's proving to be a challenge!)