Closed-Loop Processing
A system is said to perform closed-loop processing if the system
feeds information back into itself. For example, many agents assume
that once an action is sent to effector system, that it can simply
manipulate its world model internally to a state that will be
consistent with the world. This is an
open loop model. The closed
loop approach includes the examination of the world in an effort to
validate the world model and is thus appropriate for real-world
environments in which feedback is necessary to validate agent actions.
Another view of closed-loop processing may also refer to a similar mode of operation
in which there is a limited amount of time for knowledge to be brought
to bear or for an action's effects to be perceived. In this case, the
loop is closed because feedback is required and there is a time window in
which the feedback must be sensed. In this sense, closed-loop processing
results in
bounded rationality.
Architectures having this agent property include:
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