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DESIGNING AN ECOLOGY OF DISTRIBUTED AGENTS

by Nelson Minar

[B.A. Mathematics (1994) Reed College]

&lt;nelson@media.mit.edu&gt;

[Submitted to the Program in Media Arts and Sciences, School of Architecture and Planning, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology]

September 1998

[c fl1998 Massachusetts Institute of Technology. All rights reserved.]

[Author Nelson Minar Department of Media Arts and Sciences August 7, 1998]

[Certified by Pattie Maes Associate Professor of Media Arts and Sciences MIT Media Lab Accepted by Stephen A. Benton Professor of Media Arts and Sciences Chair, Departmental Committee on Graduate Students Program in Media Arts and Sciences]