# AGENTS.md — Active Inferants: An Active Inference Framework for Ant Colony Behavior

**Paper**: Active Inferants: An Active Inference Framework for Ant Colony Behavior (2021)
**Area**: Entomology
**Authors**: Daniel A. Friedman, Alexander Tschantz, Maxwell J.D. Ramstead, Karl Friston, Axel Constant

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## Agent Roles

### 📖 Research Agent
**Focus**: Deep analysis of Active Inferants: An Active Inference Framework for Ant Colony Behavior
**Tasks**:
- Analyze core argument: In this paper, we introduce an active inference model of ant colony foraging behavior, and implement the model in a series of in silico experiments. A...
- Evaluate: First active inference model of ant colony foraging behavior
- Evaluate: Simulates trail formation via stigmergic MDP
- Evaluate: Demonstrates T-maze paradigm recovery through free energy minimization

### 🔬 Methods Agent
**Focus**: Methodological rigor and replication
**Tasks**:
- Assess and document: Active Inference MDP modeling
- Assess and document: Markov decision process specification
- Assess and document: In silico simulation
- Assess and document: Stigmergic decision-making modeling
- Assess and document: T-maze paradigm simulation

### 📚 Citation Agent
**Focus**: Citation context and scholarly impact
**Tasks**:
- Track citations and impact of this entomology work
- Map connections to related works in the Friedman corpus
- Identify citing papers and downstream applications

### 🔗 Synthesis Agent
**Focus**: Cross-paper and cross-domain connections
**Tasks**:
- Connect themes: active inference, ant foraging, Markov decision process, stigmergy, T-maze
- Link to related works in the docxology corpus
- Identify synergies across Active Inference, entomology, and cognitive security

### 💼 Consultant Agent
**Focus**: Practical application and knowledge transfer
**Tasks**:
- Evaluates practical applications and implementation strategies for this research
- Maps findings to industry challenges, Active Inference, and technological solutions
- Facilitates knowledge transfer to external teams and collaborators

## Extraction Log

- **Source PDF**: `2021_ActiveInferants.pdf`
- **PDF Status**: ✅ Available
- **Documentation Quality**: Hand-curated from direct PDF analysis

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