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Analyzing Emergence in Complex Adaptive System: A Sign-Based Model of Stigmergy

Chuanjun REN, Xiaomin JIA, Hongbing HUANG, Shiyao JIN

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The description and analysis of emergence in complex adaptive system has recently become a topic of great interest in the field of systems, and lots of ideas and methods have been proposed. A Sign-based model of Stigmergy is proposed in this paper. Stigmergy is widely used in complex systems. We pick up “Sign” as a key notion to understand it. A definition of “Sign” is given, which reveals the Sign's nature and exploit the significations and relationships carried by the “Sign”. Then, a Sign-based model of Stigmergy is consequently developed, which captures the essential characteristics of Stigmergy. The basic architecture of Stigmergy as well as its constituents are presented and then discussed. The syntax and operational semantics of Stigmergy configurations are given. We illustrate the methodology of analyzing emergence in CAS by using our model.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Information Vol.E94-D No.11 pp.2212-2218
Publication Date
2011/11/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1361
DOI
10.1587/transinf.E94.D.2212
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Artificial Intelligence, Data Mining

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