Think globally, sense locally: From local information to global features

M. Harder; D. Polani; C.L. Nehaniv

doi:10.1109/ALIFE.2011.5954661

Think globally, sense locally: From local information to global features

M. Harder, D. Polani, C.L. Nehaniv

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Abstract

Shannon's information theory can be used to quantify morphological and topological features of a collective of agents in an arbitrary environment. In particular the ability of individual agents to extract information locally about global features of the collective can be quantified. Here, we considered chains of agents in a grid world. The agents are equipped with local sensors. We then quantified the amount of information the sensors contain about certain features global to the chain. Furthermore, we compared the amount of locally available information to the amount of information the whole collective could in principle acquire about a feature in different contexts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Procs of 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (ALIFE)
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	70-77
Number of pages	8
Edition	1st
ISBN (Print)	978-1-61284-062-8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ALIFE.2011.5954661
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	ALIFE 2011 - Paris, France Duration: 11 Apr 2011 → 15 Apr 2011

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Name	Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence
Publisher	IEEE

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Conference	ALIFE 2011
Country/Territory	France
City	Paris
Period	11/04/11 → 15/04/11

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Harder, M, Polani, D & Nehaniv, CL 2011, Think globally, sense locally: From local information to global features. in Procs of 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (ALIFE). 1st edn, Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), pp. 70-77, ALIFE 2011, Paris, France, 11/04/11. https://doi.org/10.1109/ALIFE.2011.5954661

Think globally, sense locally: From local information to global features. / Harder, M.; Polani, D.; Nehaniv, C.L.
Procs of 2011 IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (ALIFE). 1st. ed. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2011. p. 70-77 (Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence).

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