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200 10$aZootechnologies $ea media history of swarm research /$fSebastian Vehlken ; translated by Valentine A. Pakis$b[electronic resource]
210   $cAmsterdam University Press$d2019
210  1$aAmsterdam :$cAmsterdam University Press,$d2019.
215   $a1 online resource (400 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s)
225 1 $aRecursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques
300   $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 20 Nov 2020).
300   $aAlready published as: Zootechnologien. Eine Mediengeschichte der Schwarmforschung,  Sebastian Vehlken. Copyright 2012, Diaphanes, Zu?rich-Berlin.
311 0 $a94-6298-620-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references.
327   $tFront matter --$tTable of Contents --$tAcknowledgements --$tIntroduction --$tI. Deformations: A Media Theory of Swarming --$tII. Formations --$tIII. Formats --$tIV. Formulas --$tV. Transformations --$tVI. Zootechnologies --$tConclusion --$tWorks Cited
330   $aSwarming has become a fundamental cultural technique related to dynamic processes and an effective metaphor for the collaborative efforts of society. This book examines the media history of swarm research and its significance to current socio-technological processes. It shows that the hype about collective intelligence is based on a reciprocal computerization of biology and biologization of computer science: After decades of painstaking biological observations in the ocean, experiments in aquariums, and mathematical model-making, it was swarms-inspired computer simulation which provided biological researchers with enduring knowledge about animal collectives. At the same time, a turn to biological principles of self-organization made it possible to adapt to unclearly delineated sets of problems and clarify the operation of opaque systems - from logistics to architecture, or from crowd control to robot collectives. As zootechnologies, swarms offer performative, synthetic, and approximate solutions in cases where analytical approaches are doomed to fail.
410  0$aRecursions: theories of media, materiality, and cultural techniques.
606   $aSwarm intelligence
606   $aComputer simulation
606   $aSwarming (Zoology)
610   $aMedia History, Media Theory Swarm Intelligence, Computer Simulation, Animal Collectives.
615  0$aSwarm intelligence.
615  0$aComputer simulation.
615  0$aSwarming (Zoology)
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700   $aVehlken$b Sebastian$0788383
702   $aPakis$b Valentine A.
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