Self-Assembly of Information in Networks
Abstract
Description
We model self-assembly of information in networks to investigate necessary conditions for building a global perception of a system by local communication. Our approach is to let agents chat in a model system to self-organize distant communication-pathways. We demonstrate that simple local rules allow agents to build a perception of the system, that is robust to dynamical changes and mistakes. We find that messages are most effectively forwarded in the presence of hubs, while transmission in hub-free networks is more robust against misinformation and failures.
4 pages and 4 figures, Java simulation available at http://cmol.nbi.dk/models/infoflow/infoflow.html
4 pages and 4 figures, Java simulation available at http://cmol.nbi.dk/models/infoflow/infoflow.html