A Brief History of Stigmergy Export

@article{citeulike:1395795, abstract = {doi: 10.1162/106454699568700 Stigmergy is a class of mechanisms that mediate animal-animal interactions. Its introduction in 1959 by Pierre-Paul Grass\'{e} made it possible to explain what had been until then considered paradoxical observations: In an insect society individuals work as if they were alone while their collective activities appear to be coordinated. In this article we describe the history of stigmergy in the context of social insects and discuss the general properties of two distinct stigmergic mechanisms: quantitative stigmergy and qualitative stigmergy.}, address = {Cambridge, MA, USA}, author = {Theraulaz, Guy and Bonbeau, Eric}, citeulike-article-id = {1395795}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=338951}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/106454699568700}, citeulike-linkout-2 = {http://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/106454699568700}, day = {1}, doi = {10.1162/106454699568700}, issn = {1064-5462}, journal = {Artificial Life}, keywords = {complex\_systems, self-organisation, stigmergy}, month = {April}, number = {2}, pages = {97--116}, posted-at = {2009-04-21 22:49:23}, priority = {0}, publisher = {MIT Press}, title = {A Brief History of Stigmergy}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/106454699568700}, volume = {5}, year = {1999} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1395795 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1395795 N2 - doi: 10.1162/106454699568700 Stigmergy is a class of mechanisms that mediate animal-animal interactions. Its introduction in 1959 by Pierre-Paul Grassé made it possible to explain what had been until then considered paradoxical observations: In an insect society individuals work as if they were alone while their collective activities appear to be coordinated. In this article we describe the history of stigmergy in the context of social insects and discuss the general properties of two distinct stigmergic mechanisms: quantitative stigmergy and qualitative stigmergy. IS - 2 JF - Artificial Life SN - 1064-5462 AD - Cambridge, MA, USA EP - 116 TI - A Brief History of Stigmergy PB - MIT Press VL - 5 SP - 97 KW - complex_systems KW - self-organisation KW - stigmergy AU - Theraulaz, Guy AU - Bonbeau, Eric PY - 1999/04/01/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/106454699568700 ER -