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Stigmergy is usually used to model semantically simple problems such as routing. It can be applied to more complex problems by encoding them in the stigmergic environment. We demonstrate this approach by showing how stigmergic agents can plan over a hierarchical task network, specifically a resource-oriented dialect of the TÆMS language.
This research was conducted with the support of the office of Naval Research (Contract # N00014-06-1-0467). The results presented do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the sponsor.
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Van Dyke Parunak, H. et al. (2010). Stigmergic Modeling of Hierarchical Task Networks. In: Di Tosto, G., Van Dyke Parunak, H. (eds) Multi-Agent-Based Simulation X. MABS 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 5683. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-13553-8_9
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