@Article{	  parunak97b,
  author =	 {H. Van Dyke Parunak},
  title =	 {``Go to the Ant'': Engineering Principles from
                  Natural Agent Systems },
  googleid =	 {zQMgWCI6gHEJ:scholar.google.com/},
  journal =	 {Annals of Operation Research},
  year =	 1997,
  volume =	 75,
  pages =	 {69--101},
  abstract =	 {Agent architectures need to organize themselves and
                  adapt dynamically to changing circumstances without
                  top-down control from a system operator. Many
                  researchers provide this capability with complex
                  agents that emulate human intelligence and reason
                  explicitly about their coordination, reintroducing
                  many of the problems of complex system design
                  andimplementation that motivated increasing software
                  localization in the first place. Naturally occurring
                  systems of simple agents (such as populations of
                  insects or other animals) suggest that this retreat
                  is not necessary. This paper summarizes several
                  studies of such systems, and derives from them a set
                  of general principles that artificial agent-based
                  systems can use to support overall system behavior
                  significantly more complex than the behavior of the
                  individuals agents.},
  keywords =     {multiagent biology},
  url =		 {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/parunak97b.pdf},
  cluster = 	 {1937313538112164040}
}