Well, if sensor networks responded to what they sensed that would be technically self-organizing wouldn't it? Trouble of course is someone has to design all that other circuitry and some prefered outcome...
Phil Henshaw ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 680 Ft. Washington Ave NY NY 10040 tel: 212-795-4844 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] explorations: www.synapse9.com > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Raymond Parks > Sent: Wednesday, June 21, 2006 7:27 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Sensor networks and self-organization > > > Jochen Fromm wrote: > > > > So what do you think ? > > Self organization is a part of many systems/networks > whether sensors > or otherwise. > > > Are self-organization and sensor-networks synonymous ? > > No. > > > Is it the best area to realize self-organization, > > or just another example where self-organization is hard to achieve ? > > I wouldn't think static sensor webs are the best area to realize > self-organization. Sensor webs as I know them are static - > that is the > sensors themselves don't move. A much more interesting example of > self-organization would be robotic agents in various applications. > > One application I have heard of would be robots randomly > placed in an > area that need to sweep the area for mines. The agent > society fails if > they don't cover the entire area. They need to account for > losses due > to finding the mines the hard way. If one assumes the environment is > malevolent, then they need to communicate with each other but cannot > freely trust each other. I've only heard of this performed in > simulation. Actual robots were built, but not in the quantity needed > for an actual test. > > There's also the Robot World Cup > <http://www.robocup.org/>, which has > teams of agents/robots > that self-organize into football teams. > > The ad-hoc routing that is required for communication > within dynamic > self-organizing systems has to trade-off between the inefficiency of > broadcast routing and continuous re-routing. > > One of the interesting concepts behind the Future Combat > System (you > can research this online) is the ad-hoc routing of the various > components. I suppose one could call the nodes in FCS > sensors, but that > is not their primary function. > > -- > Ray Parks [EMAIL PROTECTED] > IDART Project Lead Voice:505-844-4024 > IORTA Department Mobile:505-238-9359 > http://www.sandia.gov/scada Fax:505-844-9641 > http://www.sandia.gov/idart Pager:800-690-5288 > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
