Theory of quantized systems: DEVS simulation of perceiving agents

Perceiving agents have a limited sensitivity to distinguish input stimuli. Whatever the cause-random noise, limited numbers of sensing elements, inten tional desensitization-formulation of such behavioral phenomena at the syst em level has not attracted much interest. This work is a first attempt to f ormalize the limited-sensitivity abstraction and to explore its implication s for systems modeling and simulation, both conceptual and practical. In th is article. a system theoretic formalization of perceiving agents called qu antized systems is provided, linking them with discrete event modeling para digms and exploring their approximation capability and message reduction in distributed simulation.