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One of the most challenging phenomena that can be observed in an ensemble of interacting agents is that of self-organisation, viz. emergent, collective behaviour, also known as synergy. The concept of synergy is well-known in the artificial intelligence community, in social science, and in management and economic sciences. The paradigm may be expressed by identifying an ensemble performance measure...