The environment of the stigmergy of facebook are the human minds that use it.
Jim Bromer On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected]> wrote: > Facebook is a stigmergic system. Facebook's database is the environment > and the > posts and comments are the pheromones. > > In a similar manner, the computational device of the memcomputer can be > viewed as > the memory, and each processor is an "agent" working on the memory. > > Given these assumptions, Is there any difference between a memcomputer and > a stigmergic system? > > ~PM > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 18:14:33 -0500 > > Subject: Re: [agi] Stigmergy > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Are you suggesting that the environment itself be considered the computing > device? > > On Mon, Jul 20, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected] > > wrote: > > OK, now suppose that in both cases the memory were the same, the > computational device. > > Now you have processing elements using a shared memory. Is there any > difference now? > > Just curious, and playing with concepts. > > Michael / PM > > ------------------------------ > Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2015 12:44:44 -0500 > Subject: Re: [agi] Stigmergy > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Interesting analogy, PM. I think the primary difference would be the > location of the memory. With memcomputing, memory becomes a part of the > computational device itself. With stigmergy, the external environment is > the locus of memory. > > On Mon, Jul 6, 2015 at 5:47 PM, Piaget Modeler <[email protected]> > wrote: > > How does memcomputing differ from stigmergy? > > http://phys.org/news/2015-07-memcomputer-prototype.html > <http://phys.org/news/2015-07-memcomputer-prototype.htmlhttp://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/6/e1500031.full> > > http://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/6/e1500031.full > <http://phys.org/news/2015-07-memcomputer-prototype.htmlhttp://advances.sciencemag.org/content/1/6/e1500031.full> > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stigmergy > > Kindly advise. > > ~PM > > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-4a978ccc> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/23050605-2da819ff> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > > > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/19999924-4a978ccc> | > Modify <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> Your Subscription > <http://www.listbox.com> > *AGI* | Archives <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now> > <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/24379807-653794b5> | > Modify > <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> > Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> > ------------------------------------------- AGI Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/303/=now RSS Feed: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/303/21088071-f452e424 Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=21088071&id_secret=21088071-58d57657 Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
