[npatrick04]

I get your frustration with architecture of architecture. However this kind of AOA has been going on for a long time in a similar domain of control theory.

Model Predictive Control is a method of applying a model of a process to estimate it's state. Per Wikipedia, it's been used since the 80s. When you apply it to tracking something you aren't in control of, say an enemy plane, you need to use multiple models, and then pick the most probable solution.

It's not elegant, but it's not actually a bad way to get good results.