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Distributed autonomous system is not autonomous only because it is composed of autonomous agents. As long as the system requires constraints from outside to maintain the functionality, it is not autonomous, while composing agents are autonomous and intelligent. We consider meaning of autonomy for multi-agent system, and propose a concept of collective autonomy. In analogy to an autopoiesis in perusing collective autonomy, several characteristics are presented. We propose Dissipative Structure Network (DSN) as the framework for the collective autonomy. The importance of spatial self-organization is stressed through the discussion. As a first step for the DSN, spatial decomposition mechanism is considered. We analytically discuss a mechanism and conditions for spatial patterning and implement to the simulation based on the analitical results.
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Sekiyama, K., Fukuda, T. (1996). Dissipative Structure Network for Collective Autonomy: Spatial Decomposition of Robotic Group. In: Asama, H., Fukuda, T., Arai, T., Endo, I. (eds) Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 2. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-66942-5_20
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