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Simulation and analysis of shared extended mind

  • Tibor Bosse*
  • , Catholijn M. Jonker
  • , Martijn C. Schut
  • , Jan Treur
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Some types of animals exploit patterns created in the environment as external mental states, thus obtaining an extension of their mind. In the case of social animals the creation and exploitation of such patterns can be shared, which supports a form of shared extended mind or collective intelligence. This paper explores this shared extended mind principle for social animals in more detail. Its main goal is to analyse and formalise the dynamic properties of the processes involved, both at the local level (the basic mechanisms) and the global level (the emerging properties of the whole), and their relationships. A case study in social ant behaviour in which shared extended mind plays an important role is used as illustration. For this case simulations are described based on specifications of local properties, and global properties are specified and verified.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationMulti-Agent and Multi-Agent-Based Simulation - Joint Workshop MABS 2004, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages248-264
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)3540252622, 9783540252627
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
EventJoint Workshop MABS 2004 -
Duration: 1 Jan 2005 → …

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume3415 LNAI
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

ConferenceJoint Workshop MABS 2004
Period01/01/2005 → …

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