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Stigmergy 3.0: From Ants to Economies

Marge and my intro now available as an uncorrected proof. Stay tuned for the rest of the papers comprising this special issue. According to Andy Clark “[M]uch of what goes on in the complex world of humans, may thus, somewhat surprisingly, be understood in terms of so-called stigmergic algorithms” (Clark, 1996, p. 279; 1997, p. 186).…

artificial intelligence, collaborative filtering, collective intentionality, complexity, computational intelligence, computational psychology, computer simulations, Eric Bonabeau, google, Margery Doyle, particle swarm optimization, Pierre-Paul Grasse, stigmergic, stigmergic cognition, stigmergy, swarm, swarm behavior, swarm intelligence

Call for Papers – Stigmergy

Stigmergy – the phenomenon of indirect communication mediated by modifications of the environment – was first conceptualized by zoologist Pierre-Paul Grasse in his ground-breaking work on termite colonies (Grasse 1959). It wasn’t until 1999 that Grasse’s work was brought to a wider audience by Eric Bonabeau et al (1999) in a special issue of Artificial…