SPEAKER: Carlos Gershenson
Centrum Leo Apostel, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
TITLE: A General Methodology for Designing Self-Organizing Systems
TIME: Wed May 31, 12:30p
LOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference Room
Lunch will be available for purchase
ABSTRACT: Our technologies complexify our environments. Thus, new
technologies need to deal with more and more complexity. Several
efforts have been made to deal with this complexity using the concept of
self-organization. However, in order to promote its use and
understanding, we must first have a pragmatic understanding of
complexity and self-organization. This paper presents a conceptual
framework for speaking about self-organizing systems. The aim is to
provide a methodology useful for designing and controlling systems
developed to solve complex problems. First, practical notions of
complexity and self-organization are given. Then, starting from the agent
metaphor, a conceptual framework is presented. This provides formal ways
of speaking about "satisfaction" of elements and systems.
The main premise of the methodology claims that reducing the
"friction" or "interference" of interactions between elements of a
system will result in a higher "satisfaction" of the system, i.e.
better performance. The methodology discusses different ways in which this
can be achieved. A case study on self-organizing traffic lights illustrates
the ideas presented in the paper.
Full paper:
http://uk.arxiv.org/abs/nlin.AO/0505009
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