[FRIAM] belly of the beast

[Steven A Smith]

> Speaking of modeling environments and bellies and beasts, weren’t Glen
> and/or Marcus largely behind Swarm?

Yup!  I'd love to hear an anecdote or three from them.   I was just in
Copenhagen and spent a night with Steen Rasmussen and we reminisced
about the early days of ALife...

Swarm: The beast w/o a belly?

I've recently become fascinated with the varieties of natural swarming
behaviour, triggered by the "murmuration of starlings" and then the
finer distinctions of "shoaling" vs "schooling"  of "flocking" vs
"murmuration" and the different styles of "herd" behaviour among
ruminants (most recently caribou vs reindeer and superherd phenomena up
to 500,000?!).

I am curious if there are taxonomies of swarms predicted or explained by
Swarm models...

I have discussed superficially with Guerin Percolation models in social
networks, in particular self-modifying social networks.   Insight into
these very general and underspecified domains would be welcome.

- Steve

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>
> On Fri, Dec 27, 2019 at 10:37 AM Steven A Smith <sasmyth at swcp.com
> <mailto:sasmyth at swcp.com>> wrote:
>
>     Nick -
>>
>>     Our Own Lee Rudolph, was there as well.  In the belly of Net
>>     Logo, I think.
>>
>>      
>>
>>     Lee???? Are you out there? 
>>
>     That is an interesting factoid...  I would not have
>     guessed/recognized that legacy.  Net/Logo is definitely an
>     interesting beast.
>
>     "We all got to be the way we are, somehow"
>
>     Perhaps some beasts have more bellies than others (multichambered
>     rumination, cud-chewing, craws, etc.)
>
>     While you (and others) use the self-deprecating term "English
>     Major" for yourselves when you might not endured the more acutely
>     math/science/engineering tracks, it is the main reason I am
>     here...  to hear your voices... to see your perspectives.   My own
>     engagement in the Arts v the Sciences feels woefully limited...  I
>     am thankful that I stumbled into the *college of Arts and
>     Sciences* while most of my peers were in the "school of
>     Engineering".   Their heads got a lot sharper on a handful of
>     subjects that way, but I am forever thankful for the Philosophy,
>     Language Arts, Anthropology, thin as they were at an undergrad
>     basics level for the extra perspective they offered.
>
>     I am now appreciating the legacy of the myriad "soft sciences"
>     (even Biology was considered "soft" during my education) as well
>     as the "Arts themselves" yet more than I ever have.  
>
>     - Steve
>
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