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In its most generic formulation, stigmergy (an optimization technique) is the phenomenon of indirect communication mediated by modifications of the environment.

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March 24, 2016stigmergic, stigmergy

Imitation and Novelty in Product Development

Here’s an extract from the third article by Ted Lewis and Richard Bergin from this special Human-Human Stigmergy issue. A human stigmergy framework for product development Many investigators over the past century have attempted to quantify human innovation as a property of social organizations such as corporations as well as individual entrepreneurs. Andergassen et al. argue that innovation appears…

March 15, 2016stigmergy

Stigmergic coordination in FLOSS development teams: Integrating explicit and implicit mechanisms

The second article by Francesco Bolici, James Howison and Kevin Crowston from this special Human-Human Stigmergy issue. Their article is open access. complexitycoordination mechanismsdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgedistributed teamsEmergenceFLOSS teamshuman stigmergySpontaneous orderstigmergic coordinationStigmergy

March 8, 2016stigmergy

Stigmergy as a Universal Coordination Mechanism I: Definition and Components

The first in a series of abstracts from this special Human-Human Stigmergy issue. First up is Francis Heylighen. The concept of stigmergy was proposed by the French entomologist Pierre-Paul Grassé (Grassé, 1959) to describe a mechanism of coordination used by insects. The principle is that work performed by an agent leaves a trace in the environment…

February 16, 2016stigmergic, stigmergic cognition, stigmergy

Special Issue of Cognitive Systems Research – Human-Human Stigmergy

This special issue of Cognitive Systems Research is intended as a follow-up and a companion to an earlier issue devoted to the theme of stigmergy, what we termed stigmergy 3.0 ( Doyle & Marsh, 2013). It reinforces the idea that the observation and the theorizing of the mechanism of stigmergy is no longer the sole…

January 19, 2016stigmergy

Stigmergic construction and topochemical information shape ant nest architecture

Recent paper with open access co-authored by a doyen of stigmergy theorists, Guy Theraulaz. (H/T to Simon Garnier). antscollective animal behaviorcomputational intelligencecomputational modelingEmergenceGuy Theraulaznest buildingspontaneous ordersStigmergy

December 22, 2015stigmergy

Human-Human Stigmergy

UNCORRECTED proofs now available here. Complex systemscomplexitydistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeEmergenceExtended Mindhuman-human stigmergynetwork theorysocial cognitionSpontaneous orderstigmergicstigmergic cognitionstigmergic epistemologyStigmergy

November 6, 2015stigmergy

Graffiti, Street Art and Stigmergy

Lachlan MacDowall’s chapter in The Uses of Art in Public Space. The chapter explores how graffiti and street art function in public space by considering their relationship to the notion of stigmergy, a theory derived from insect behaviour that explains how the actions of individual agents within populations are coordinated without direct communication. The application…

October 7, 2015stigmergy

Human-Human Stigmergy

Coming soon in Cognitive Systems Research 1. Francis Heylighen Stigmergy as a Universal Coordination Mechanism I: Definition and Components 2. Francesco Bolici, James Howison and Kevin Crowston Stigmergic Coordination in FLOSS Development Teams: Integrating Explicit and Implicit Mechanisms 3. Ted G. Lewis and Richard Begin Imitation and Novelty in Product Development 4. Rodrigo Nieto-Gomez Stigmergy at the…

July 28, 2015stigmergy

Engineering Human Stigmergy

A recent paper freely available in IJCCC. antscoordination problemdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgehuman-human stigmergySpontaneous orderstigmergicstigmergic cognitionstigmergic epistemologyStigmergySwarm behavior

September 15, 2014stigmergy

Embracing the Creativity of Stigmergy in Social Insects

One of the doyens of stigmergic computational intelligence. There is no master architect, nor even a supervisor in these colonies. Grassé has shown that the key information required to ensure the coordination of building actions performed by insects is provided by their previously achieved work: the architecture itself. Grassé coined the term ‘stigmergy’ from the Greek…