Emergence : The Connected Lives Of Ants, Brains... Link

: A critical mass of agents is required for global intelligence to appear.

: Systems use positive and negative feedback to adapt to their environments and maintain stability. The Five Principles of Emergent Systems Emergence : the connected lives of ants, brains...

: Single-celled organisms that aggregate into a single "slug" when food is scarce, moving as one without a leader. : A critical mass of agents is required

: Decentralized systems rely on arbitrary interactions to "sample" and alter their overall state. Emergence : the connected lives of ants, brains...