Supervisorands
Supervisorands is a term used in the study of automated supervision to describe a collective of supervisory agents that operate as a unified layer above lower-level controllers. In practice, a supervisorand is a software or organizational role tasked with monitoring, coordinating, and enforcing policy across multiple subsystems. The concept is used in both industrial automation and digital workflow governance to emphasize distributed oversight rather than reliance on a single controller.
Origin and development: The term emerged in discussions of cyber-physical systems and AI-driven operations, where scalability
Structure and operation: Each supervisorand combines perception, reasoning, and communication capabilities. Perception ingests data from sensors
Functions and capabilities: Core functions include monitoring system health, detecting anomalies, balancing resources, scheduling tasks, enforcing
Applications and challenges: Supervisorands find use in manufacturing, IT service management, energy grids, and smart infrastructure.
See also: supervisory control, distributed AI governance, autonomous systems.