ABSTRACT
CONTENTS 7.1 Emergence and Autonomics ....................................................................123
7.1.1 Facets of Emergence......................................................................123 7.1.2 The State of the Art .......................................................................125
7.2 Implementation..........................................................................................128 7.2.1 Stability and Behavioral Scope....................................................128 7.2.2 Issues in Harnessing and Testing Emergent Behavior.............131 7.2.3 The Emergent Election Algorithm..............................................134 7.2.4 Layered Support for Higher-Level Composition
