Difference between revisions of "Stigmergy"

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Presented by Francis Heylighen
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== Concept ==
  
 
...........  --- stimulate --->  ...........
 
...........  --- stimulate --->  ...........
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...........  <--- action ------  ...........
 
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Discussion issues:
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==Discussion issues==
 
* Lifetime
 
* Lifetime
 
* Evaporation
 
* Evaporation
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** links in Wikipedia to non-exisiting articles
 
** links in Wikipedia to non-exisiting articles
 
* Number of agents
 
* Number of agents
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* Local versus global memory

Revision as of 14:04, 14 July 2010

Presented by Francis Heylighen

Concept

........... --- stimulate ---> ...........

MEDIUM ------------------ AGENTS

........... <--- action ------ ...........

Discussion issues

  • Lifetime
  • Evaporation
    • defined evaporation for ant foraging
    • no evaporation for SO encylopedia
  • Qualitative versus quantitative stigmergy
    • links in Wikipedia to non-exisiting articles
  • Number of agents
  • Local versus global memory