The concept of stigmergy has been used to analyze self-organizing activities in an ever-
widening range of domains, including social insects, robotics, web communities and human …

Complex systems are usually difficult to design and control. There are several particular
methods for co** with complexity, but there is no general approach to build complex …

This chapter presents a framework for understanding collaboration in any context, at any
scale, in order to make conclusions regarding approaches for the design and analysis mass …

The concept of stigmergy has been used to analyze self-organizing activities in an ever-
widening range of domains, including social insects, robotics, web communities, and human …

Natural systems are regarded as rich sources of inspiration for engineering artificial systems,
particularly when adopting the multiagent system (MAS) paradigm. To promote a systematic …

The concept of stigmergy was introduced by the French entomologist Pierre-Paul Grassé
[1959] to describe a mechanism of coordination used by insects. The principle is that work …

Natural systems are currently being regarded as rich sources of inspiration for engineering
artificial systems, particularly when adopting the multiagent system (MAS) paradigm. To …

Today, the concept of an environment for multi-agent systems is in its pioneering phase.
Consequently, the development of supporting software technologies is still rather primitive …

Interaction is a fundamental dimension for modelling and engineering complex
computational systems. More generally, interaction is a critical issue in the understanding of …

This paper proposes self-organization as a method to improve the efficiency and adaptability
of bureaucracies and similar social systems. Bureaucracies are described as networks of …