Title
A brief history of stigmergy.
Abstract
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.
Year
DOI
Venue
1999
10.1162/106454699568700
Artificial Life
Keywords
DocType
Volume
self- assembling,brief history,coordination,self-organization,stigmergy,social insects,self organization
Journal
5
Issue
ISSN
Citations 
2
1064-5462
141
PageRank 
References 
Authors
11.23
0
2
Search Limit
100141
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Guy Theraulaz12186223.72
eric bonbeau214111.23