Consideration of the conceptual boilings of distributed agency

In the evolution of fields of study, a period of self reflection can be useful. Distributed Agency is an arena of interest in need of such introspection. The question for some may be whether the distributed nature of what we study affects how we study distributed agency. Distributed does not mean without structure. Much of our efforts are to provide structure without the limiting features of compactness and close proximity. We will discuss selected keystone topics as raised by pivotal authors: agency, communication, negotiation, planning, and learning in distributed agency.