ENCOUNTER PATTERNS
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1075 ▶ |
| Object type | Human sciences, Methodology or model |
The result of the progressive ordering of multiple unplanned encounters among a great number of individuals.
It leads to the establishment of selective behaviors and favored routes.
Such a behavior can be observed among foraging ants or bees. They probably result of the superposition of :
- a general diffuse determinism related to the ecological setting of food sources
- an also diffuse behavioral determinism produced by some biological socially generative factor, in these cases, pheromones
- a genetic behavioral pre-conditioning in individuals Similar factors, but at a much higher level of complexity , are probably at work in the construction of neuronal networks in the brain and also in human societies.
See also
Crowding effect, Dictyostelium discoideum, Order parameter, Parallel distributed processing, Stigmergy, Swarm.