Network-based model of the growth of termite nests
Just published (H/T Olaf Sporns) complexitycomputational intelligenceemergent orderGuy Theraulaznetwork theoryStigmergytermite
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Army ants ‘mind the gap’ efficiently
BBC popular write up of Simon Garnier’s co-authored Army ants dynamically adjust living bridges in response to a cost–benefit trade-off. antscollective behaviorcomplexitydistributed cognitionoptimizationroboticsself-assemblySelf-organizationSimon GarnierSpontaneous orderStigmergySwarm intelligence
A Tale of Ants, Slime Mold and the New Jersey Turnpike
The very excellent Simon Garnier: Collective intelligencecomplexitycomputational intelligencedistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgeemergent orderSimon GarnierSpontaneous orderStigmergySwarm intelligence
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…
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…
Robot swarms: will they bomb us or save us?
This in The Guardian featuring an occasional correspondent of mine, the very excellent Simon Garnier. antsdistributed knowledgeroboticsSelf-organizationSimon GarnierStigmergySwarm behaviorSwarm robotics
Goodbye to the genius who changed the way we think (and you didn’t know even know it)
John Holland’s obituary by Scott Page (H/T Melanie Mitchell) John Holland’s complexity studies helped us understand what this complex bacterial colony has in common with your brain, political theory, ants, computers, urban life and more. antsComplex adaptive systemcomplexitycomplexity studiesComputer Sciencejohn hollandMelanie MitchellScott PageSpontaneous orderStigmergy
JOHN HOLLAND
It has been reported that John Holland has passed away. Complex adaptive systemcomplexitycomplexity studiesEmergencegenetic algorithmsjohn hollandsanta fe instituteStigmergy
The Ant Trap: Rebuilding the Foundations of the Social Sciences
Any book endorsed by Christian List must be taken notice of, the introductory chapter available here along with the OUP webpage. Contrary to the extracts below I think we actually have a very good theory as to how individuals (ants) aggregate — it’s called STIGMERGY. In a forthcoming special issue of Cognitive Systems Research we will be presenting…
Engineering Human Stigmergy
A recent paper freely available in IJCCC. antscoordination problemdistributed cognitiondistributed knowledgehuman-human stigmergySpontaneous orderstigmergicstigmergic cognitionstigmergic epistemologyStigmergySwarm behavior
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