Design patterns from biology for distributed computing
ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems (TAAS)
Design Pattern for Self-Organizing Emergent Systems Based on Digital Infochemicals
EASE '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Sixth IEEE Conference and Workshops on Engineering of Autonomic and Autonomous Systems
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In this paper we propose the design of a metaheuristic for achieving consensus among distributed autonomous agents based on the honey-bee colony nest site selection process. We derive the model for our metaheuristic from two agent-based models of honey bee behavior and explain how this natural process can be adapted to develop a general-purpose solution. The solution strategy is presented in terms of the composition of multiple agent-based design patterns to facilitate systematic engineering of the desired emergent behavior observed in natural systems.