Title :
An analytic approach to pheromone-based coordination
Author :
Brueckner, Sven A.
Author_Institution :
ERIM Center for Electron Commerce, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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;
Conference_Titel :
MultiAgent Systems, 2000. Proceedings. Fourth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-0625-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICMAS.2000.858479
