Modelling societies using agent-based simulations,…
Friday, March 22nd, 2002
Modelling societies using agent-based simulations, inc. nice videos. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2002/04/rauch.htm
Entries from March 2002
I’ve been meaning to mention this for a while. Th…
Wednesday, March 20th, 2002
I’ve been meaning to mention this for a while. There are many examples of applications or demonstrations based around the use of agents in manufacturing. In particular, I’ve highlighted the agent/holonic manufacturing angle. Holonic Manufacturing: FIPA Inform! article by Mihaela Ulieru, University of Calgary. FIPA did have a “product design and manufacturing working group” but [...]
mind mapping and visualisation tools TouchGraph -…
Tuesday, March 19th, 2002
mind mapping and visualisation tools TouchGraph – Java API for dynamic graphs. see KurzweilAI for an example of TheBrain visualisation product MindMapper – excellent mind mapping tool.
coming soon! broadband ireland, but not soon enoug…
Tuesday, March 19th, 2002
coming soon! broadband ireland, but not soon enough. This was reported elsewhere last week and is on Wired News today. Of particular interest is the fact that although the 19 initial town will be ringed by fiber there is no provision for “the last mile” i.e. connecting homes and business to this fiber. It seems [...]
Taken from the latest dynnet mailing list: Self-O…
Tuesday, March 12th, 2002
Taken from the latest dynnet mailing list: Self-Organization and Identification of Web Communities. How the web self-organises into communities because of the way people tend to link within their subject or to other related fields. Kinda makes sense and I’m sure I’ve read about it before – most bloggers know all about the phenonemon. Still [...]
