Self organization in sensor and actor networks wiley series in communications networking distributed systems by dressler falko 2007 hardcover dressler falko books amazonca. Self organization in sensor and actor networks explores self organization mechanisms and methodologies concerning the efficient coordination between intercommunicating autonomous systemsself organization is often referred to as the multitude of algorithms and methods that organise the global behaviour of a system based on inter system communication. The aim of this book is to investigate the concepts of self organization in the context of autonomous sensor and actor networks the primary objective is to categorize the basic self organization methods and to survey techniques for communication and coordination in massively distributed systems according to the developed classification scheme basically two possible approaches can be thought . Summary this chapter contains sections titled introduction and overview swarm intelligence artificial immune system cellular signaling pathways conclusion appendix iv bio inspired networking fu. The aim of this book is to investigate the concepts of self organization in the context of autonomous sensor and actor networks the primary objective is to categorize the basic self organization methods and to survey techniques for communication and coordination in massively distributed systems according to the developed classification scheme basically two possible approaches can be thought