Affiliation:
1. Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, Palo Alto, CA 94304, USA
Abstract
Since their invention, computers have been designed, used and improved using the human mind as metaphor. The appearance of a distributed form of computation in large networks in shifting the emphasis towards social structures as a source of inspiration for the design of new systems. I suggest that a reverse strategy could prove to be useful as well. If our results are any indication of future developments, the workings of distributed computational systems could provide a flexible and controlled environment for the study of complex interactions that are seldom accessible in the natural world.
Publisher
World Scientific Pub Co Pte Lt
Subject
Computer Networks and Communications,General Medicine
Cited by
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