Collective intelligence: toward classifying systems of systems

  • Authors:
  • Alan J. Ramsbotham, Jr.

  • Affiliations:
  • Orion Enterprises, Inc., Fredericksburg, VA

  • Venue:
  • PerMIS '09 Proceedings of the 9th Workshop on Performance Metrics for Intelligent Systems
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Intelligent systems are moving from science to more widespread engineering development and deployment. The objectives of this paper are to suggest design-oriented attributes that may provide a useful basis for classifying systems of systems. The discussion extends existing concepts, such as ALFUS, to complex ad hoc systems of systems wherein the individual elements can be geographically-dispersed and highly and independently mobile, and where the functions normally considered to comprise "intelligence" are distributed across the system. While not fully developed, the suggested extensions frame a discussion of how knowledge is obtained and distributed in such a system. Finally, the paper addresses some of the key challenges in predicting the performance of such complex intelligent systems of systems.