Deleuzeyen Düşünceyle Çoklu-Etmen Sistemlerinin Temsili ve Yorumlanması

Year 2026, Volume: 7 Issue: 1 , 29 - 52 , 30.03.2026

Aysel Merve Baron

https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1839208

https://izlik.org/JA63WF32YM

Abstract

Bu çalışma, disiplinler arası bir duruşla fen bilimlerinin açıklamalar dünyasıyla sosyal bilimlerin anlamlar dünyasını bir araya getirmek amacıyla, çoklu-etmen sistemleri ve Deleuzeyen düşünceyi birlikte ele almaktadır. Çalışmada, öncelikle Deleuzeyen düşüncenin kavramsal alt yapısı ve çoklu-etmen tabanlı sistemlerdeki sürü davranışlarının çalışma mekanizmaları çözümlenmiştir. Bu bağlamda, yirminci yüzyıl Fransız filozofları Gilles Deleuze ve Felix Guattari'nin Deleuzeyen düşünce sisteminde yer alan makine (machine), asamblaj (assemblage), rizom veya köksap (rhizome), akış (flow) kavramları üzerinde durulmuştur. Ardından, Deleuzeyen düşünce ile çoklu etmen sistemleri arasındaki ilişkiler, grafik programlama yazılımı Processing'de Java dili kullanılarak oluşturulan hareketli animasyon temsiller aracılığıyla incelenmiş ve yorumlanmıştır. Çalışmada oluşturulan temsiller inceledikten sonra, etmenlerin kendilerinin çalışma mekanizmalarına Deleuzeyen düşüncenin kavramlarını dahil edebildikleri gözlendiği için, çoklu ajan sistemlerinin bu düşünce sistemiyle uyumlu olduğu sonucuna varılmıştır. Bu bağlamda, çoklu-etmen sistemler ontolojik bir çerçeve, felsefi bir düşünce sistemi olarak ele alınabilir karakterdedirler. Bu çalışma, bir düşünce sisteminin kavramlarının eylem içerisinde temsil edilebileceği, gözlemlenebileceği ve yorumlanabileceği hesaplamaya dayalı bir bakış açısı sunarak sosyal bilimler ve tasarım araştırmalarına katkıda bulunmaktadır. Çalışma, çoklu etmenli sistemlerin Deleuzeyen düşüncedeki makine topluluklarını, beliren akışları ve rizomatik ilişkileri nasıl bünyesinde barındırdığını ortaya koymaktadır. Bu sayede felsefi kavramların ve çağdaş sosyal teorilerin araştırma yapısını şekillendirmesine ve yeni yaratıcı ile analitik inceleme biçimlerine ilham vermesine imkân tanıyan bir yaklaşım sunmaktadır.

Keywords

Çoklu Etmen Sistemleri , Simülasyon , Sürü Davranışı Modellemesi , Hesaplamalı Sosyal Teori

Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought

https://izlik.org/JA63WF32YM

Abstract

This study combines multi-agent systems and Deleuzian thought with an interdisciplinary approach, aiming to bring together the explanatory world of the natural sciences and the world of meanings of the social sciences. The study first analyzes the conceptual framework of Deleuzian thought and the working mechanisms of swarm behaviors in multi-agent-based systems. In this context, the concepts of machine, assemblage, rhizome, and flow, which appear in the Deleuzian thought system of the twentieth-century French philosophers Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari, were focused on mainly. Subsequently, the relationships between Deleuzian thought and multi-agent systems are examined and interpreted through animated representations created using the Java language in Processing, a graphical programming software. After scrutinizing the representations created in the study, it was concluded that multi-agent systems are compatible with this system of thought, as agents themselves are capable of incorporating the concepts of Deleuzian thought within their working mechanisms. In this regard, the study concluded that multi-agent systems can be considered as ontological frameworks, philosophical systems of thought. Here, the study contributes to social sciences and design research by offering a computationally grounded lens through which concepts of a thought system can be represented, observed, and interpreted in action. By demonstrating how multi-agent systems embody machinic assemblages, emergent flows, and rhizomatic relations, the study provides a methodological approach that enables philosophical concepts and contemporary social theories to inform structure and inspire new forms of creative and analytical inquiry.

Keywords

Multi-Agent Systems , Simulation , Swarm Behavior Modeling , Deleuze , Computational Social Theory

Ethical Statement

The manuscript entitled “Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought” has not been published elsewhere, and it has not been submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere.

Thanks

I would like to express my gratitude to Prof. Dr. Gülen Çağdaş and Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ethem Gürer for their valuable critiques and feedback during the MBL601 Evolutionary Approaches in Architectural Design doctoral course at ITU, in which this study was first developed.

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