Theoretical Article

Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought

Volume: 7 Number: 1 March 30, 2026
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Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought

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.

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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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Details

Primary Language

English

Subjects

Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Evolutionary Computation, Modelling and Simulation, Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Architectural Computing and Visualisation Methods, Information Technologies in Architecture and Design

Journal Section

Theoretical Article

Publication Date

March 30, 2026

Submission Date

December 9, 2025

Acceptance Date

January 22, 2026

Published in Issue

Year 2026 Volume: 7 Number: 1

APA
Baron, A. M. (2026). Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought. Journal of Computational Design, 7(1), 29-52. https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1839208
AMA
1.Baron AM. Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought. JCoDe. 2026;7(1):29-52. doi:10.53710/jcode.1839208
Chicago
Baron, Aysel Merve. 2026. “Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought”. Journal of Computational Design 7 (1): 29-52. https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1839208.
EndNote
Baron AM (March 1, 2026) Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought. Journal of Computational Design 7 1 29–52.
IEEE
[1]A. M. Baron, “Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought”, JCoDe, vol. 7, no. 1, pp. 29–52, Mar. 2026, doi: 10.53710/jcode.1839208.
ISNAD
Baron, Aysel Merve. “Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought”. Journal of Computational Design 7/1 (March 1, 2026): 29-52. https://doi.org/10.53710/jcode.1839208.
JAMA
1.Baron AM. Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought. JCoDe. 2026;7:29–52.
MLA
Baron, Aysel Merve. “Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought”. Journal of Computational Design, vol. 7, no. 1, Mar. 2026, pp. 29-52, doi:10.53710/jcode.1839208.
Vancouver
1.Aysel Merve Baron. Representation and Interpretation of Multi-Agent Systems through Deleuzian Thought. JCoDe. 2026 Mar. 1;7(1):29-52. doi:10.53710/jcode.1839208

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