6.4. Autonomous controllers at various levels
The arguments above stress a need to restrict the system model
to a ‘‘small world’’, where we can be reasonably confident that simplifications
give a restricted but still valid representation of reality.
If this could be assured we may discuss how controls for this restricted
system should be designed and how the resulting entirety
can be assessed. Polycentric control that has been proposed as an
alternative to traditional hierarchical control structures (Woods
and Branlat, 2012), may provide a solution to problems of modelling
and prediction.
Allowing restricted parts of a system to act autonomously with
their own preferences and control structures, we can treat them as
independent actors in their own right. As compared with the control
structure described in Section 4.5, the only difference is that
actors are allowed to have their own control objectives, which in
turn may imply the need for considering also conflicting goals
(Isaacs, 1965; Axelrod, 1984; Sigmund, 2010). If we consider an
interconnected net of assuredly well-functioning units we may
6.4. Autonomous controllers at various levels
The arguments above stress a need to restrict the system model
to a ‘‘small world’’, where we can be reasonably confident that simplifications
give a restricted but still valid representation of reality.
If this could be assured we may discuss how controls for this restricted
system should be designed and how the resulting entirety
can be assessed. Polycentric control that has been proposed as an
alternative to traditional hierarchical control structures (Woods
and Branlat, 2012), may provide a solution to problems of modelling
and prediction.
Allowing restricted parts of a system to act autonomously with
their own preferences and control structures, we can treat them as
independent actors in their own right. As compared with the control
structure described in Section 4.5, the only difference is that
actors are allowed to have their own control objectives, which in
turn may imply the need for considering also conflicting goals
(Isaacs, 1965; Axelrod, 1984; Sigmund, 2010). If we consider an
interconnected net of assuredly well-functioning units we may
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