Re: RE: Central Control

[EMERGE_sl_users@umit.maine.edu (Larry Latour)]

bh@CS.Berkeley.EDU,.Internet writes:
>> My earlier point was that without global visibility it is very
>difficult to
>> exert meaningful central control.  Thus, if one is attempting to
>determine
>> whether an algorithm involves central control a reasonable place to
>begin
>> is the degree to which it depends on global visibility and if so how
>that
>> global information is used.

>Isn't this the firing squad problem?

?  Can you explain further ?

Larry