A brief history of stigmergy

Artificial Life

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 97-116

  Theraulaz, Guy ^a   Bonabeau, Eric ^b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination; Self assembling; Self organization; Social insects; Stigmergy

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; HUMAN; INSECT; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; INSECTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 0033084649     PISSN: 10645462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1162/106454699568700     Document Type: Review

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