# AGENTS.md — Active Inference in Modeling Conflict

**Paper**: Active Inference in Modeling Conflict (2021)
**Area**: Active Inference
**Authors**: Scott David, R.J. Cordes, Daniel A. Friedman

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## Agent Roles

### 📖 Research Agent
**Focus**: Deep analysis of Active Inference in Modeling Conflict
**Tasks**:
- Analyze core argument: We integrate conflict studies with Active Inference to create the Active Inference Conflict (AIC) model, situating conflict as a multiscale process of...
- Evaluate: Creates the Active Inference Conflict (AIC) model for modern conflict analysis
- Evaluate: Extends OODA loops and generations of warfare models using Active Inference
- Evaluate: Provides framework for analyzing cyber, psychological, and information warfare

### 🔬 Methods Agent
**Focus**: Methodological rigor and replication
**Tasks**:
- Assess and document: Active Inference framework application to conflict
- Assess and document: OODA loop integration
- Assess and document: Generations of warfare analysis
- Assess and document: BOLTS component analysis
- Assess and document: Systems modeling

### 📚 Citation Agent
**Focus**: Citation context and scholarly impact
**Tasks**:
- Track citations and impact of this active inference 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, conflict modeling, AIC model, OODA loops, cognitive security
- 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_ModelingConflict.pdf`
- **PDF Status**: ✅ Available
- **Documentation Quality**: Hand-curated from direct PDF analysis

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