Engineering Self-Organising Systems

Chapter 1 Self-Organisation: Paradigms and Applications

Chapter 2 Self-Organizing MANET Management

Chapter 3 Toward the Application of Self Organizing Systems to Agent Infrastructures – A Critical Review and Prospects

Chapter 4 A Catalog of Biologically-Inspired Primitives for Engineering Self-Organization

Chapter 5 Nature-Inspired Self-Organisation in Wireless Communications Networks

Chapter 6 Designing Self-Assembly for 2-Dimensional Building Blocks

Chapter 7 Strategies for the Increased Robustness of Ant-Based Clustering

Chapter 8 Self-Organising in Multi-agent Coordination and Control Using Stigmergy

Chapter 9 Managing Computer Networks Security through Self-Organization: A Complex System Perspective

Chapter 10 A Holonic Self-Organization Approach to the Design of Emergent e-Logistics Infrastructures

Chapter 11 An Evolutionary Approach for Studying Heterogeneous Strategies in Electronic Markets

Chapter 12 Self-Organizing Agents for Mechanical Design

Chapter 13 Can Tags Build Working Systems? From MABS to ESOA

Chapter 14 Self-Organizing Referral Networks: A Process View of Trust and Authority

Chapter 15 Adaptiveness in Linda-Based Coordination Models

Chapter 16 Self-Organization in Multi Agent Systems: A Middleware Approach

Chapter 17 Providing Effective Access to Shared Resources: A COIN Approach

Chapter 18 A Modular Paradigm for Building Self-Organizing Peer-to-Peer Applications

Chapter 19 Tools for Self-Organizing Applications Engineering