Delegation Management Versus the Swarm: A Matchup with Two Winners

This paper provides a comparison between alternate styles and tecnhiques for controlling many subordinate agents: delegation vs. swarm "control" or influence. Each management style is defined and pros and cons articulated. The author then attempts to apply a model he created in prior work of the "tradeoff space" of automation control approaches along three dimensions: competence, workload and unpredictability. This application offers insights about the strengths and weaknesses of each approach, but also points to a limitation in the characterization of the tradeoff space.