TY - GEN
T1 - Bacterial communities
T2 - 2005 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2005
AU - Flikkema, Paul G.
AU - Leid, Jeffrey G.
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Bacteria are highly efficient agents that sense, compute, and actuate. Moreover, they can form robust interspecies networks-bacterial communities-via sophisticated communication protocols. We assert that the improved understanding of these communities in the last decade provides a new model for swarm intelligence with distinct advantages, including ease of laboratory experimentation, explicit coupling of communication and behavior, and intergenerational dynamics. The first part of this paper provides a brief overview of bacterial communities in the context of swarm intelligence. The second part describes a promising new application of SI principles inspired by bacterial communities: the design of robust networked embedded and real-time systems.
AB - Bacteria are highly efficient agents that sense, compute, and actuate. Moreover, they can form robust interspecies networks-bacterial communities-via sophisticated communication protocols. We assert that the improved understanding of these communities in the last decade provides a new model for swarm intelligence with distinct advantages, including ease of laboratory experimentation, explicit coupling of communication and behavior, and intergenerational dynamics. The first part of this paper provides a brief overview of bacterial communities in the context of swarm intelligence. The second part describes a promising new application of SI principles inspired by bacterial communities: the design of robust networked embedded and real-time systems.
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U2 - 10.1109/SIS.2005.1501655
DO - 10.1109/SIS.2005.1501655
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33745770423
SN - 0780389166
SN - 9780780389168
T3 - Proceedings - 2005 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2005
SP - 427
EP - 430
BT - Proceedings - 2005 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium, SIS 2005
Y2 - 8 June 2005 through 10 June 2005
ER -