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Modelowanie operacji informacyjnych z wykorzystaniem teorii sterowania refleksyjnego
Information operation modeling using reflexive control theory

Author(s): Andrzej Karaś
Subject(s): Politics, Social Sciences, Library and Information Science, Electronic information storage and retrieval, Security and defense
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego
Keywords: information operations; reflexive control; information operation modeling

Summary/Abstract: Modern societies are often referred to as information societies. Thanks to the development of the Internet, virtually every person on the globe can get the information they need. This possibility is both a disadvantage and an advantage. Information is increasingly used as another kind of weapon that can be used to achieve specific goals. However, it has long been used for military and political purposes through disinformation, propaganda and intelligence. The development of technology has only given information conflict a different form. Actions involved in information operations are aimed at exerting influence by the controlling entity on the controlled entity in order to perform an action previously assumed by the controlling entity. The purpose of this type of conflict is not to take over a given territory; they focus on the consciousness of a given society. Hence, it is necessary to consider the ways and possibilities of modelling and simulating strategic situations with incomplete knowledge, which are information operations. One of the approaches to modeling information operations is constituted by the theory of reflexive control, which at the same time describes the techniques of conducting them. The article presents the concept of reflexive control and the model built on its basis.

  • Issue Year: 13/2021
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 351-371
  • Page Count: 21
  • Language: Polish