tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497857781721412138.post2281597121136924974..comments2023-11-18T17:04:56.948+01:00Comments on Self-Organizing Networked Systems: Sometimes, self-organizing systems failWilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13527662530751362421noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497857781721412138.post-30507403883950858272010-08-08T22:39:49.322+02:002010-08-08T22:39:49.322+02:00The circling behavior is a special case of nomadic...The circling behavior is a special case of nomadic army ants. These ants must organize in form of a dense carpet in order to be successful in food raids. I don't think the outcoming circle is a special attractor. To my opinion, any closed loop without crossing could potentially be established when painted with sufficient initial pheromone (but I have not tested this claim :-). The geometry of the observed circles is most likely based on the size of the huddle during the rainfall.Wilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13527662530751362421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3497857781721412138.post-17995254310705462302010-08-08T22:19:59.039+02:002010-08-08T22:19:59.039+02:00The ants self-organize through stigmergic communic...The ants self-organize through stigmergic communication (by following pheronomone trails placed in the environment). A trail enforces itself, given enough ants.<br />Now, one would think too many ants in same area going about in the same route (be it a circle, an eight, whatever closed loop) should result in this same behaviour.<br />Would it be correct to describe that circular looping route as an attractor in a "self-organizing stigmergic solution landscape" which the ants inhabit? (Solution in the sense when ant behaviour is viewed as route-optimization to beneficial things such as food)Slinkynoreply@blogger.com