# AGENTS.md — Distributed Science — The Scientific Process as Multi-Scale Active Inference

**Paper**: Distributed Science — The Scientific Process as Multi-Scale Active Inference (2023)
**Area**: Active Inference
**Authors**: Francesco Balzan, John Campbell, Karl Friston, Maxwell J.D. Ramstead, Daniel Friedman, Axel Constant

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## Agent Roles

### 📖 Research Agent
**Focus**: Deep analysis of Distributed Science — The Scientific Process as Multi-Scale Active Inference
**Tasks**:
- Analyze core argument: The scientific process plays out in a multi-scale system comprising subsystems, each with their own dynamics. We formalize the scientific process as m...
- Evaluate: Formalizes the scientific process as multi-scale Active Inference
- Evaluate: Models researchers, labs, institutions as nested free-energy-minimizing systems
- Evaluate: Applies FEP to meta-scientific challenges (replication crisis, publication bias)

### 🔬 Methods Agent
**Focus**: Methodological rigor and replication
**Tasks**:
- Assess and document: Multi-scale Active Inference formalization
- Assess and document: Scientific process modeling
- Assess and document: Free energy minimization at nested scales
- Assess and document: Meta-scientific analysis

### 📚 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: distributed science, multi-scale Active Inference, scientific process, Free Energy Principle, meta-science
- 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**: `2023_DistributedScience.pdf`
- **PDF Status**: ✅ Available
- **Documentation Quality**: Hand-curated from direct PDF analysis

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