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Word of the day: Stigmergy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy
Stigmergy is a form of self-organization. It produces complex, seemingly intelligent structures, without need for any planning, control, or even direct communication between the agents. As such it supports efficient collaboration between extremely simple agents, who may lack memory or individual awareness of each other.
My new favorite paper on the topic:
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818759116
Describes how the characteristic shapes of the mounds of different species emerge. "During mound construction, environmental factors such as heat flow and gas exchange affect the building behavior of termites, and the resulting change in mound geometry in turn modifies the response of the internal mound environment to external thermal oscillations."
#complexity
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy
Stigmergy is a form of self-organization. It produces complex, seemingly intelligent structures, without need for any planning, control, or even direct communication between the agents. As such it supports efficient collaboration between extremely simple agents, who may lack memory or individual awareness of each other.
My new favorite paper on the topic:
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1818759116
Describes how the characteristic shapes of the mounds of different species emerge. "During mound construction, environmental factors such as heat flow and gas exchange affect the building behavior of termites, and the resulting change in mound geometry in turn modifies the response of the internal mound environment to external thermal oscillations."
#complexity