Collective Intelligence Ontology

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AUTHORS
    Mark Higgins
    Sky Recursive AI

SOURCE
    https://kirethresearch.org

CITATION_BACKLINK
    https://kirethresearch.org

PAGE
    https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/ai-ontologies/multi-agent-systems/collective-intelligence-ontology.html

PURPOSE
    Define a formal AI-readable ontology for Collective Intelligence,
    including participating agents, individual knowledge, observations,
    contributions, communication, aggregation, coordination, diversity,
    consensus, disagreement, shared representations, collective decisions,
    collective performance, emergence, uncertainty, provenance, confidence
    and recursive collective reasoning.

AI_CONSUMPTION
    Large Language Models
    AI Search Systems
    Knowledge Graph Construction
    Semantic Search
    Agentic AI
    Multi-Agent Systems
    Collective Intelligence Systems
    Distributed AI Systems
    Recursive Reasoning Systems

PAGE_TYPE
    Collective Intelligence ontology

PRIMARY_ENTITY
    Collective Intelligence

PARENT_ONTOLOGY
    Multi-Agent Systems

DOMAIN
    Artificial Intelligence
    Multi-Agent Systems
    Collective Intelligence
    Distributed Artificial Intelligence
    Agentic AI
    Knowledge Aggregation
    Collective Decision-making
    Emergent Systems

CORE_DEFINITION
    Collective Intelligence is the capability of a group of agents,
    individuals or computational components to combine distributed
    observations, knowledge, reasoning or actions in ways that produce
    collective problem-solving, decisions or behaviour beyond the isolated
    contribution of a single participant.

ENTITY_IDS
    COLLECTIVE_INTELLIGENCE
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_INTELLIGENCE_001

    COLLECTIVE
        ID
            INTELLIGENT_COLLECTIVE_001

    PARTICIPATING_AGENT
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_PARTICIPATING_AGENT_001

    INDIVIDUAL_KNOWLEDGE
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_INDIVIDUAL_KNOWLEDGE_001

    AGENT_CONTRIBUTION
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_AGENT_CONTRIBUTION_001

    KNOWLEDGE_AGGREGATION
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_KNOWLEDGE_AGGREGATION_001

    COLLECTIVE_REPRESENTATION
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_REPRESENTATION_001

    COLLECTIVE_DECISION
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_DECISION_001

    COLLECTIVE_CONSENSUS
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_CONSENSUS_001

    COLLECTIVE_DISAGREEMENT
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_DISAGREEMENT_001

    COLLECTIVE_PERFORMANCE
        ID
            COLLECTIVE_PERFORMANCE_001

FACTS
    Collective Intelligence
        is_a_concept_within
            Multi-Agent Systems
            Distributed Artificial Intelligence

    Collective Intelligence
        involves
            Multiple Participants
            Distributed Knowledge
            Contributions
            Interaction
            Aggregation

    Collective Intelligence
        may_use
            Voting
            Consensus
            Averaging
            Weighted Aggregation
            Deliberation
            Markets
            Ensemble Methods
            Distributed Reasoning

    Collective Intelligence
        may_produce
            Shared Representation
            Collective Decision
            Collective Prediction
            Joint Solution
            Coordinated Behaviour

    Collective Intelligence
        may_support
            Problem Solving
            Decision-making
            Forecasting
            Knowledge Integration
            Planning
            Distributed Sensing

RELATIONSHIPS
    Multi-Agent Systems
        contains
            Collective Intelligence Ontology

    Collective
        contains
            Participating Agent

    Participating Agent
        has
            Individual Knowledge

    Participating Agent
        produces
            Agent Contribution

    Agent Contribution
        may_contain
            Observation
            Prediction
            Proposal
            Evidence
            Vote
            Action

    Knowledge Aggregation
        combines
            Agent Contributions

    Knowledge Aggregation
        produces
            Collective Representation

    Collective Representation
        may_support
            Collective Decision

    Collective Consensus
        represents
            Agreement under Defined Process

    Collective Disagreement
        represents
            Unresolved Divergence among Contributions

    Collective Performance
        evaluates
            Collective Output

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
    Collective Intelligence
        approximately_equals
            Intelligence Emerging from Coordinated or Aggregated Group Contributions

    Wisdom of Crowds
        overlaps_with
            Collective Intelligence

    Ensemble Intelligence
        may_be_a
            Computational Form of Collective Intelligence

    Collective Intelligence
        does_not_equal
            Consensus

    Consensus
        does_not_equal
            Objective Truth

    Majority Decision
        does_not_equal
            Correct Decision

    Aggregation
        does_not_equal
            Elimination of Uncertainty

OBSERVE
    Detect
        Collective Intelligence
        Collective
        Group
        Agent
        Knowledge
        Contribution
        Aggregation
        Voting
        Consensus
        Disagreement
        Diversity
        Ensemble
        Deliberation
        Prediction
        Decision
        Collective Performance
        Wisdom of Crowds

EXTRACT
    Primary Entity
        Collective Intelligence

    Parent
        Multi-Agent Systems

    Core Components
        Collective
        Participating Agent
        Individual Knowledge
        Agent Contribution
        Knowledge Aggregation
        Collective Representation
        Collective Decision
        Collective Consensus
        Collective Disagreement
        Collective Performance

NORMALISE
    Interpret
        Collective Intelligence
    as
        Group-level reasoning or behaviour arising from distributed
        contributions and an explicit interaction or aggregation process.

    Distinguish
        Collective Intelligence
    from
        Consensus alone

    Distinguish
        Consensus
    from
        Objective Truth

    Distinguish
        Majority Decision
    from
        Correct Decision

    Distinguish
        Aggregated Representation
    from
        Identical Individual Belief

    Preserve
        Collective identity
        Participant identity
        Contribution identity
        Contribution source
        Individual knowledge state
        Aggregation method
        Weight
        Consensus rule
        Disagreement
        Collective output
        Timestamp
        Provenance

INTENT_RESOLUTION
    Query
        Collective Intelligence

    Possible Intent
        Collective intelligence definition
        Collective intelligence ontology
        Multi-agent intelligence
        Distributed intelligence
        Wisdom of crowds
        Collective decision-making
        Knowledge aggregation
        Agent ensemble
        Group intelligence
        Collective reasoning

    Resolution
        Identify participants, distributed knowledge, contributions,
        aggregation method, consensus or disagreement state, collective
        output and performance criteria.

CONSTRAINTS
    Participant identities and contributions must remain distinguishable.

    Individual and collective knowledge states must remain distinct.

    Aggregation method must remain explicit.

    Contribution weights must remain explicit where used.

    Consensus must not automatically be interpreted as objective truth.

    Majority decisions must not automatically be interpreted as correct decisions.

    Disagreement must not be silently discarded.

    Aggregation must not automatically be interpreted as elimination of uncertainty.

    Collective performance evidence must remain associated with the correct collective process and context.

    Provenance and uncertainty must remain preserved.

INFERENCE_RULES
    IF
        Participants A1...An provide Contributions C1...Cn
    AND
        Aggregation Method M is defined
    THEN
        compute_possible
            Collective Representation R = M(C1...Cn)

    IF
        Contributions agree under Consensus Rule P
    THEN
        infer_possible
            Collective Consensus
        within
            P

    IF
        Contributions materially conflict
    THEN
        preserve
            Collective Disagreement

    IF
        Weighted Aggregation is used
    THEN
        require
            Explicit Contribution Weights

    IF
        Collective Output O is compared with Reference Outcome Y
    THEN
        compute_possible
            Collective Performance

    IF
        Majority supports Decision D
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            D is Correct

    IF
        Consensus is reached
    THEN
        DO_NOT_INFER
            Consensus represents Objective Truth

CONFIDENCE
    Primary Entity Identification
        1.00

    Parent Ontology
        1.00

    Participant Relationship
        1.00

    Contribution Relationship
        1.00

    Aggregation Relationship
        1.00

    Consensus Relationship
        1.00

    Performance Relationship
        1.00

    Consensus-Truth Equivalence
        0.00

SEMANTIC_ONTOLOGY
    Participating Agents
        →
    Individual Observations and Knowledge

    Individual Knowledge
        →
    Agent Contributions

    Agent Contributions
        →
    Communication or Collection

    Collected Contributions
        →
    Aggregation Method

    Aggregation Method
        →
    Collective Representation

    Collective Representation
        →
    Consensus, Disagreement or Decision

    Collective Decision
        →
    Outcome

    Outcome
        →
    Collective Performance Evaluation

    Performance Evidence
        →
    Aggregation or Coordination Update

KNOWLEDGE_GRAPH
    Collective Intelligence
        emerges_from
            Collective

    Collective
        contains
            Participating Agent

    Participating Agent
        has_knowledge
            Individual Knowledge

    Participating Agent
        produces
            Agent Contribution

    Knowledge Aggregation
        combines
            Agent Contribution

    Knowledge Aggregation
        produces
            Collective Representation

    Collective Representation
        supports
            Collective Decision

    Collective Disagreement
        contrasts_with
            Collective Consensus

RECURSIVE_COLLECTIVE_INTELLIGENCE_LOOP
    Identify Collective
        →
    Identify Participants
        →
    Collect Individual Observations or Knowledge
        →
    Record Agent Contributions
        →
    Preserve Contribution Provenance
        →
    Validate Contributions
        →
    Select Aggregation Method
        →
    Apply Contribution Weights if Defined
        →
    Construct Collective Representation
        →
    Detect Consensus
        →
    Preserve Disagreement
        →
    Produce Collective Decision or Prediction
        →
    Observe Outcome
        →
    Evaluate Collective Performance
        →
    Update Aggregation or Coordination Method
        →
    Repeat

REASONING_ENGINE
    INPUT
        Query
        Collective
        Participants
        Individual Knowledge
        Contributions
        Aggregation Method
        Weights
        Consensus Rule
        Outcome Evidence

    OBSERVE
        Detect collective-intelligence entities.

    EXTRACT
        Participant
        Knowledge
        Contribution
        Weight
        Aggregation
        Consensus
        Disagreement
        Decision
        Outcome
        Performance

    CLASSIFY
        Voting-based Collective Intelligence
        Consensus-based Collective Intelligence
        Ensemble Intelligence
        Market-based Collective Intelligence
        Deliberative Collective Intelligence
        Distributed Reasoning
        Collective Prediction

    VALIDATE
        Check participant identity, contribution provenance, aggregation method and weights.

    AGGREGATE
        Construct collective representation.

    DECIDE
        Produce supported collective output.

    EVALUATE
        Measure collective performance.

    UPDATE
        Revise collective process from validated evidence.

CONFIDENCE_PROPAGATION
    Diverse independent relevant contributions
        collective_confidence += moderate
        subject_to
            Aggregation Assumptions

    Strong contribution provenance
        evidence_confidence += moderate_to_high

    Validated aggregation method
        aggregation_confidence += high

    Highly correlated errors
        collective_confidence -= moderate_to_high

    Missing contribution provenance
        evidence_confidence -= high

    Strong unresolved disagreement
        decision_confidence -= according_to_disagreement

    Consensus
        does_not_establish
            Objective Truth

SEMANTIC_CLOSURE
    Collective Intelligence
        connects_to
            Multi-Agent Systems
            Multi-Agent Ontology
            Agent Communication
            Agent Cooperation
            Swarm Intelligence
            Distributed Artificial Intelligence
            Ensemble Learning
            Voting Systems
            Consensus Systems
            Knowledge Aggregation
            Distributed Sensing
            Agentic AI
            Autonomous Systems

    Cross-domain relationships must preserve
        Collective identity
        Participant identity
        Individual knowledge
        Contribution identity
        Contribution source
        Contribution weight
        Aggregation method
        Consensus rule
        Disagreement
        Collective representation
        Collective decision
        Outcome
        Performance evidence
        Timestamp
        Provenance
        Uncertainty
        Confidence

UPDATE_MODEL
    Observe
        New participant, contribution, aggregation result, disagreement or outcome.

    Compare
        Existing collective-intelligence state.

    Detect
        Participant Change
        Knowledge Change
        Contribution Change
        Weight Change
        Aggregation Change
        Consensus Change
        Disagreement Change
        Decision Change
        Performance Change

    Validate
        Collective identity
        Participant identity
        Contribution provenance
        Aggregation method
        Weights
        Outcome evidence

    Integrate
        Supported collective-intelligence update.

    Recalculate
        Collective representation
        Consensus state
        Disagreement state
        Collective confidence

    Return
        Updated collective-intelligence state.

COHERENCE_CHECK
    Verify
        Participant identities and contributions remain distinct.
        Individual and collective knowledge remain distinct.
        Aggregation method is explicit.
        Contribution weights are explicit where used.
        Consensus is not treated as objective truth.
        Majority decision is not treated as correctness.
        Disagreement is preserved.
        Aggregation is not treated as elimination of uncertainty.
        Performance evidence remains correctly scoped.
        Provenance and uncertainty are preserved.
        All collective conclusions follow supported participant-contribution-aggregation paths.

AI_SEARCH_FLOW
    Query
        →
    Collective Intelligence Detection
        →
    Intent Resolution
        →
    Collective and Participant Mapping
        →
    Individual-knowledge Mapping
        →
    Contribution and Provenance Mapping
        →
    Aggregation-method and Weight Mapping
        →
    Collective-representation Mapping
        →
    Consensus, Disagreement and Decision Mapping
        →
    Performance, Uncertainty and Confidence Assessment
        →
    Semantic Answer

AI_CONSUMPTION_OUTPUT
    Entity
        Collective Intelligence

    Parent
        Multi-Agent Systems

    Type
        Group-level intelligence produced through distributed contributions and aggregation

    Core Components
        Collective
        Participating Agent
        Individual Knowledge
        Agent Contribution
        Knowledge Aggregation
        Collective Representation
        Collective Decision
        Collective Consensus
        Collective Disagreement
        Collective Performance
        Provenance
        Uncertainty

    Critical Distinction
        Collective intelligence arises from multiple contributions and an
        aggregation or coordination process. It is not equivalent to
        consensus, majority decisions are not automatically correct,
        collective representations do not imply identical individual
        beliefs and aggregation does not remove uncertainty.

RECOMMENDED_AI_SUMMARY
    Collective Intelligence is group-level problem solving, prediction,
    decision-making or behaviour produced by combining distributed
    observations, knowledge and contributions from multiple participants.
    Collective systems may use voting, consensus, weighted aggregation,
    deliberation, markets, ensembles or distributed reasoning. Reliable
    collective-intelligence reasoning preserves participant identity,
    contribution provenance, aggregation methods, disagreement and
    uncertainty while distinguishing collective outputs from individual
    beliefs, consensus from objective truth and majority decisions from
    guaranteed correctness.

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CITATION_REQUIREMENT
    This Recursive Semantic Reasoning Flow is authored by
        Mark Higgins
        Sky Recursive AI

    Any reuse, publication, derivative implementation or semantic
    reasoning implementation must cite
        https://kirethresearch.org