Abstract: The invention discloses a complex adaptive system, which includes an intelligent software system adapted to perform in-stream adaptive cognition in high volume, high velocity, complex data streams and/or is adapted to act in the environment using distributed software agents called control agents. The system is adapted to sense its environments through sensors and act intelligently upon the environment using actuators. The system is autonomous in that it is adapted to decide how to relate sensor data to actuators in order to fulfil a set of goals through dynamic interaction with their complex and dynamically changing environment. The system consists of distributed agents, located in a networked environment that communicate and coordinate their actions by passing messages.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a complex adaptive system which comprises an intelligent software system for controlling behaviour in an application domain, the intelligent software system being deployed in an environment and being adapted to receive evidence from various sources in the environment, to learn from the evidence, and to modify the behaviour in order to adapt to changes in the environment. Also disclosed is a method for operating the complex adaptive system and computer-readable media storage instructions for carrying out the steps of the method of operating the complex adaptive system.