DocumentCode
2271071
Title
An analytic approach to pheromone-based coordination
Author
Brueckner, Sven A.
Author_Institution
ERIM Center for Electron Commerce, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
fYear
2000
fDate
2000
Firstpage
369
Lastpage
370
Abstract
Stigmergetic coordination of large numbers of simple agents in natural agent systems yields complex and stable coordinated system-level behavior. The Pheromone Infrastructure, an enhancement of the runtime environment of software agent systems, supports the use of stigmergetic coordination mechanisms in synthetic ecosystems. This paper discusses how such mechanisms may be tuned and evaluated, employing a formal representation of the processes in the Pheromone Infrastructure
Keywords
living systems; multi-agent systems; Pheromone Infrastructure; multi agent systems; natural agent systems; pheromone-based coordination; runtime environment; software agent; stigmergetic coordination; synthetic ecosystems; Difference equations; Ecosystems; Electrical capacitance tomography; Electronic commerce; Emulation; Insects; Multiagent systems; Runtime environment; Software agents;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
MultiAgent Systems, 2000. Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN
0-7695-0625-9
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICMAS.2000.858479
Filename
858479
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