MoL Discussions

Latest discussions in the Method of Levels Section in Discourse

  • by @rsmarken Richard Marken
    wmansell: … without a model of the environment in the simulation, how do we know a priori which [aspects of the environment] are going to come up as part of each agent’s feedback function and their impact as disturbances on one another in real time? I’m not sure what you mean to say here. Why […]
  • by @rsmarken Richard Marken
    bnhpct: In B:CP the words “environmental function” and “environment function” occur four times, exclusively in the appendix. This is a very long post so I’ll just reply to the things that I think are important (to me anyway). bnhpct: k_e is a static quantity that “represents a linear approximation to the actual input-output relationship” of […]
  • by @wmansell Warren
    So there are aspects of the pool table and its wider environment that are relevant to the control of rolling. These are represented by the feedback function and disturbances in the closed loop diagram of each of the agents. What about the other features of the pool table and the environment and their physical and […]
  • by @FredNickols "Fred Nickols"
    Joe and I agree to roll the cue ball back and forth across the pool table a total of 10 times. We do so. Is that not an example of cooperative or collaborative control?
  • by @rsmarken Richard Marken
    Sorry. I guess I didn’t understand your question.