Wow, this sounds like how the AI simulation for my multiplayer game works. Each AI agent has a view of the world and can make local steering decisions to avoid

Wow, this sounds like how the AI simulation for my multiplayer game works. Each AI agent has a view of the world and can make local steering decisions to avoid other agents and self preservation. Agents carry out low-level goals that are given to them by squad leaders. A squad leader receives high level "world" objectives from a commander. High-level objectives are broken down into low level objectives distributed among squad units based on their attributes and preferences.