Swrm ntllgnc (S) s th cllctv bhvr f dcntrlzd, slf-rgnzd systms, ntrl r rtfcl. Th cncpt s mplyd n wrk n rtfcl ntllgnc. Th xprssn ws ntrdcd by Grrd Bn nd Jng Wng n 1989, n th cntxt f clllr rbtc systms.
Swrm ntllgnc systms cnsst typclly f ppltn f smpl gnts r bds ntrctng lclly wth n nthr nd wth thr nvrnmnt. Th nsprtn ftn cms frm ntr, spclly blgcl systms. Th gnts fllw vry smpl rls, nd lthgh thr s n cntrlzd cntrl strctr dcttng hw ndvdl gnts shld bhv, lcl, nd t crtn dgr rndm, ntrctns btwn sch gnts ld t th mrgnc f "ntllgnt" glbl bhvr, nknwn t th ndvdl gnts. xmpls f swrm ntllgnc n ntrl systms ncld nt clns, b clns, brd flckng, hwks hntng, nml hrdng, bctrl grwth, fsh schlng nd mcrbl ntllgnc.
Th pplctn f swrm prncpls t rbts s clld swrm rbtcs whl swrm ntllgnc rfrs t th mr gnrl st f lgrthms. Swrm prdctn hs bn sd n th cntxt f frcstng prblms. Smlr pprchs t ths prpsd fr swrm rbtcs r cnsdrd fr gntclly mdfd rgnsms n synthtc cllctv ntllgnc.