Organically grown architectures: Creating decentralized, autonomous systems by embryomorphic engineering

Understanding Complex Systems

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages 167-199

  Doursat, René ^a  

^a Centre de Recherche en Epistemologie Appliquee Ecole Polytechnique   (France)

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EID: 54849421791     PISSN: 18600832     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-77657-4_8     Document Type: Article

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