Towards quantum agents: the superposition state property
The modelling of intelligent complex systems uses the agent paradigm increasingly. However, the problem of decision making with local, incomplete, uncertain, exchanged or observed in asynchronous manner is often present in agent models. Studies on quantum cognition introduce quantum properties such as superposition state and entanglement in the decision process. So how to propose quantum agents models that are capable of implementing both quantum properties of superposition state and entanglement? A case study simulating the “Game of Life” illustrates our proposed quantum agent model.
Keywords: Quantum Agents, Complex Systems Modelling, Quantum Cognition, Agent-Based Systems, Agent-Based Modelling
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Alain-Jérôme Fougères
Alain-Jérôme Fougères holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Technology of Compiègne – France. He is Professor of Computer Science at ESTA where he leads the research team Esta Lab’. Initially, his areas of interests and his scientific contributions were: 1) assistance to the redaction of formal specifications, where problems focused on the natural language processing, the knowledge representation, and the techniques of formal specifications; and 2) design of agent-based systems, in particular architecture, interactions, communication, and cooperation problems. Over the last ten years, his research has focused on agent-based modelling and simulation of complex systems, mainly using the concepts of intelligent entities, fuzzy agents and quantum agents.
Alain-Jérôme Fougères
Alain-Jérôme Fougères holds a PhD in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Technology of Compiègne – France. He is Professor of Computer Science at ESTA where he leads the research team Esta Lab’. Initially, his areas of interests and his scientific contributions were: 1) assistance to the redaction of formal specifications, where problems focused on the natural language processing, the knowledge representation, and the techniques of formal specifications; and 2) design of agent-based systems, in particular architecture, interactions, communication, and cooperation problems. Over the last ten years, his research has focused on agent-based modelling and simulation of complex systems, mainly using the concepts of intelligent entities, fuzzy agents and quantum agents.
