On Computational Study of Embodiment: Some Remarks and an Example

keywords: Computatrion, agent, embodiment, emergence, grammar system
Eco-grammar (EG-) systems are proposed as an example of a suitable formal framework for the study of some of the computationally relevant properties of the behavior of collections of embodied agents -- called herds in this article -- sharing a common environment, and acting in it in simple ways.
reference: Vol. 24, 2005, No. 6, pp. 617–627