London ABM: 'Ubiquinomics: A Graph-based Agent Model of Frugal Coordination'
Details
This Meetup will be online via Zoom.
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Agenda
7:00 - 7:10 - Introduction
7:10 - 7:50 - Adam Timlett talk
7:50 - 8:30 - Q&A
8:30 - 8:40 - Close
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Event Information
Adam Timlett Bio:
In cybernetics, Ashby's long-standing 'Law of Requisite Variety' expresses the idea that an agent must have a minimum level of internal complexity in order to successfully achieve control in an environment of a certain complexity. The idea I present of a 'frugal coordination principle' states that agents will strive to follow Asbhy's law but also strive to minimise the cost of coordination in an environment. We then end up with the idea that agents will increase or decrease their complexity to match the changing complexity level of the environment. I will show why I think that this principle is ubiquitous in nature and give examples from different domains and time-scales, leading to the term 'ubiquinomics': my term for a frugality principle that is found almost everywhere you look. In the talk I will go on to discuss and demonstrate a proof-of-concept of a graph-based agent model of the dynamics of frugal coordination using working code examples built in the graph database Neo4j, written in its graph query language, Cypher.
Talk Abstract:
Adam Timlett has a research masters in philosophy from the University of East Anglia, and has published on complexity and common sense. He gives talks on the science of 'agility' and carries out research on this topic. He also collaboratively researches and blogs on the subject of ‘complexity’ on the web and on his own website: www.fractalagility.com. He works as an Analytics Manager at the company PPL, and lives in London, United Kingdom.