A Cybernetic Approach to the Modeling of Agent Communities

This paper, which is expository in nature, investigates and illustrates the idea of using cybernetic system modeling techniques to model a multi-agent community. The cybernetic concepts used are those originally developed by Stafford Beer. The paper illustrates the idea on a community of agents being developed at Goddard to support both ground-based and space-based system autonomy. It is hoped that use of this approach will help provide a deeper insight into the dynamics of agent-community behaviors. Time and additional analyses will tell.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2000
• Where: CIA
• Authors: Walt Truszkowski, Jay Karlin
• Keywords: CIA 2000, Cybernetic Concepts, Intelligent Agents, Modeling Techniques, Multi-agent Community