Re: [Swarm-Modelling] Communication models

[Vitorino RAMOS]

At 09:30 24-06-2005, you wrote:

> I am going to be writing a chapter on agent-based modeling for an edited 
> volume in the field of communications.  I immediately thought of Paul 
> Johnson's model from "Political Disagreement" and Axelrod's "Culture 
> Model" as examples.  Can anyone else suggest models in which communication 
> is a central mechanism of concern or of which it is the phenomena being 
> studied?  I realize that this is a wide net, but I am interested to see 
> what else is out there.
>
>         Darren

Dear Darren:

Probably interesting to you as a lateral paradigm is the use of indirect 
communication in a society via Stigmergy. The concept is one of the most 
powerful examples of self-organization found in nature among real ants and 
termites (eusocial insects) and widely use among the area of Swarm 
Intelligence as well as in a variety of applications. Have a look for 
instance here (PDF available):

http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~cvrm/staff/vramos/ref_58.html

or:

http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~cvrm/staff/vramos/ref_42.html
http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~cvrm/staff/vramos/ref_29.html
http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~cvrm/staff/vramos/ref_39.html

among other work examples. Hope these could be helpful. Best, Vitorino


~ v. ramos, http://alfa.ist.utl.pt/~cvrm/staff/vramos, "Interactions among 
many sporuliferous and ubiquitous abstractions may lead to increasing 
reality", V. Ramos, 2001.