@Article{kornfeld81a,
  author = 	 {William A. Kornfeld and Carl Hewitt},
  title = 	 {The Scientific Community Metaphor},
  journal = 	 {{IEEE} Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics},
  year = 	 1981,
  volume =	 {{SMC}-11},
  number =	 1,
  abstract = 	 {Scientific communnities have proven to be extremely
                  successful at solving problems. They are inherently
                  parallel systems and their macroscopic nature makes
                  them amenable to careful study. In this paper the
                  character of scientific research is examined drawing
                  on sources in the philosophy and history of
                  science. We maintain that the success of scientific
                  research depends critically on its concurrency and
                  pluralism. A variant of the language Ether is
                  developed that embodies notions of concurrency
                  necessary to emulate some of the problem solving
                  behavior of scientific communities. Capabilities of
                  scientific communities are discussed in parallel
                  with simplified models of these capabilities in this
                  language.},
  url = 	 {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/kornfeld81a.pdf},
  cluster = 	 {11265117229768318498},
  doi = 	 {1721.1/5693},
  keywords = 	 {multiagent social}
}