Re: Those Darn Ants

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From: Abbott, Bruce
Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 00:00

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[From Bruce Abbott (990423.1340 EST)]

>Bruce Gregory (990423.1400 EDT) --

>Granting that Simon's observation was correct, did he understand how the
>ant's behavior "can be elegantly described by a few simple equations
>that specify a particular control system"?

I don't know -- does it matter whether he did?  I certainly wasn't making
that claim for him.  What was important for _me_ about it was that Simon's
insight made perfect sense once I understood that the ant was behaving as a
control system does.

Bruce A.

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