(This article is part of an ongoing series “The Principles of Self Organization“, preceeded by the article “Negative Feedback“.)
Stigmergy is a method of communication, albeit in an indirect fashion, between two units or agents. Stigmergy is defined as information gathered from work in progress [ 2 ]. It is discussed with respect to self organization, [...]
(Part of a continuing series, “The Principles of Self Organization”; Emergence was the first article and the article on Positive Feedback precedes this article.)
Feedback is a mechanism in any system to describe how well something performs, from report cards, to profit and loss statements — feedback lets us know where we stand in relation to [...]
(This is part 2 of a continuing series entitled “The Principles of Self Organization”; The first article was entitled “Emergence“)
Feedback is a driving mechanic in the process of self organization. There are two types of feedback, positive and negative; positive feedback generally promotes change in a system, where negative feedback controls change in a system. [...]
(This post is an introduction to the basis ideas of self organization. Over the coming weeks I’m going to take a look at the various aspects of self organization in living and non living systems, and how that is being applied to the computational and linked data worlds.)
Technological sytems become organized by commands from outside, [...]