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View SchemaEmergent Behavior in Agent Networks: Self-Organization in Wasp and Open Source Communities
| Authors | Sergi Valverde, Guy Theraulaz, Jacques Gautrais, Vincent Fourcassie, Ricard V. Sole |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0602003 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0602003 |
Abstract
Understanding the complex dynamics of communities of software developers requires a view of such organizations as a network of interacting agents involving both goals and constraints. Beyond their special features, these systems display some overall patterns of organization not far from the ones seen in other types of organizations, including both natural and artificial entities. By looking at both software developers and social insects as agents interacting in a complex network, we found common statistical patterns of organization. Here, simple self-organizing processes leading to the formation of hierarchies in wasp colonies and open source communities are studied. Our analysis further validates simple models of formation of wasp hierarchies based on individual learning. In the open source community, a few members are clearly distinguished from the rest of the community with different reinforcement mechanisms.
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