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Bio-Inspired Computing and Networking
Sun
Producers
Primary
consumers
Ecosystem
Nth
consumers
Decomposers
Figure 19.2 Energy flow in the ecosystem.
platforms, the energy exchange in SymbioticSphere is designed after the eco-
logical food chain among different species. SymbioticSphere models agents
and platforms as different biological species; it models human users as the
Sun, which has an unlimited amount of energy, agents as producers, and
platforms as consumers.
■ Diversity: Biological entities are slightly different with each other in each
species. This can contribute to survivability against environmental changes.
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