1. A system comprising: a multiplicity of artificially configured electronic computing elements; and a multiplicity of artificially configured electronic couplings communicatively connecting the multiplicity of computing elements to one another, such that the couplings are capable of transmitting messages between the multiplicity of artificially configured computing elements; and a group of the multiplicity of artificially configured computing elements receiving input including at least one instruction. which when executed causes at least one of the artificially configured computing elements to adjust one or more parameters, wherein each instruction specifies a computing element, a value, a time at which to assign the value, and a designation of whether to assign the value to the amplitude, the width, or the transmission time.