Stochastic Self-organization

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Barfoot, Timothy D. [1 ]
D'Eleuterio, Gabriele M. T. [2 ]
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[1] MDA Space Missions, Controls & Anal, 9445 Airport Rd, Brampton, ON L6S 4J3, Canada
[2] Univ Toronto, Inst Aerosp Studies, Toronto, ON M3H 5T6, Canada
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COMPLEX SYSTEMS | 2005年 / 16卷 / 02期
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O1 [数学];
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0701 ; 070101 ;
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Starting from a random initial predisposition, the creation of a common piece of information in a network of sparsely communicating agents is the first step towards showing how order can be built from the bottom up rather than imposed from the top down. The model used for this study has been termed stochastic cellular automata (SCA). We identify three important elements of self-organization using SCA: instability, averaging, and fluctuations, all of which have been identified in other nonlinear phenomena. From a practical point of view, a simple coordination mechanism for a group of autonomous agents or robots is provided.
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页码:95 / 121
页数:27
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