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- noun biology A mechanism of spontaneous, indirect
coordination between agents or actions, where the trace left in the environment by an action stimulates the performance of a subsequent action.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Great to see hack consolidation ... an example of stigmergy in action, or was it a little more co-ordinated?
Consolidated Greasemonkey Categorise, Ping and Trackback Script - Freshblog 2006
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Groups will rapidly converge on attractive protest targets (typically signaled by media coverage via stigmergy).
Warren Ellis 2010
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· Autonomic self-organisation through a dynamic (stigmergy) linking mechanism.
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Groups will rapidly converge on attractive protest targets (typically signaled by media coverage via stigmergy).
Warren Ellis 2010
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↑ Theraulaz G, Bonabeau E (1999) A brief history of stigmergy
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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The mechanism of stigmergy - constructing collective concepts that stabilize the trails and may serve as platforms for expansive restructuring of the activity - experiencing highstakes personal involvement, risks and critical conflicts, and shifts of identity. - combining quick improvisational adaptation and long-term design - holoptic monitoring.
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↑ Theraulaz G, Bonabeau E (1999) A brief history of stigmergy
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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↑ Theraulaz G, Bonabeau E (1999) A brief history of stigmergy
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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↑ Theraulaz G, Bonabeau E (1999) A brief history of stigmergy.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2009
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In the context of wasp nests, Theraulaz and Bonabeau elaborated on stigmergy.
Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word stigmergy
Is this like a catalyst?
April 5, 2011
jodi commented on the word stigmergy
" ‘stigmergy’ − a term coined by the French zoologist Pierre-Paul Grassé to describe how wasps and termites collectively build complex structures by adding to the product of previous work rather than by communicating directly among themselves (Karsai, 2004: 101)" - Loveland, Jeff, and Joseph Reagle. "Wikipedia and encyclopedic production." New Media & Society (2013). http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1461444812470428
June 5, 2013