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Sixth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (WMCSA'04)
pp. 62-71
Using Stigmergy to Co-Ordinate Pervasive Computing Environments
Peter Barron, Trinity College
Vinny Cahill, Trinity College
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Pervasive computing environments have proven difficult
to develop in a form that supports the integration and organisation
of devices and applications in a spontaneous
and transparent manner. This is partly due to the highly
dynamic and unpredictable nature of these types of environments,
and is often further hampered by the limited resources
found on devices. In this paper we present a highly
decentralized method of organising the components of a
pervasive computing environment, supporting spontaneous
interaction between entities and providing robust systemwide
behavior. Our inspiration for this work stems from
nature and the observations made by the French biologist
Grassé on how social insects co-ordinate their actions using
indirect communication via the environment, a phenomenon
that has become known as stigmergy. In the stigmergic approach
there are fewer dependences between entities allowing
for the incremental construction and improvement of
solutions without adversely effecting the rest of the pervasive
computing environment. The approach is encapsulated
in Cocoa, a framework that supports the use of stigmergy
to build self-organising environments that promotes the autonomy
of entities. Experience using Cocoa has shown that
entities can be integrated into a pervasive computing environment
in a spontaneous manner and that co-ordinated behavior can emerge.
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Citation:
Peter Barron, Vinny Cahill,
"Using Stigmergy to Co-Ordinate Pervasive Computing Environments,"
wmcsa,
pp. 62-71,
Sixth IEEE Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications (WMCSA'04),
2004
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