Prominence convergence in the collective synchronization of situated multi-agents

In previous work on collective synchronization of multi-agents, they always follow the assumptions that the synchronization is flat where all agents have the same synchronization capacity and the final synchronization result always converges on a common average strategy. However, in many circumstanc...

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Published in:Information processing letters 2009-02, Vol.109 (5), p.278-285
Main Authors: Jiang, Jiuchuan, Xia, Xiaojun
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Algorithmics. Computability. Computer arithmetics
Applied sciences
Collective synchronization
Computer science
control theory
systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Convergence
Distributed systems
Exact sciences and technology
Field-situated agents
Information processing
Miscellaneous
Multi-agents
Prominence
Software
Studies
Theoretical computing
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Summary:In previous work on collective synchronization of multi-agents, they always follow the assumptions that the synchronization is flat where all agents have the same synchronization capacity and the final synchronization result always converges on a common average strategy. However, in many circumstances the above assumption does not match the peculiarities of real multi-agent societies where each agent plays a different role in the synchronization. To make up the restrictions of related work, this paper presents a non-flat synchronization model where the synchronization capacity of each agent is different regarding its social rank and strategy dominance. In the presented model, all agents are situated in a synchronization field where each agent can sense the collective synchronization forces from other agents; if some agents are more prominent than other ordinary agents (e.g., they have the dominance of social ranks or behavior strategies), they will have strong synchronization capacities in the field; and finally the collective synchronization results may incline to converge at such prominent agents' strategies, which is called prominence convergence in collective synchronization and can be proved by our theoretical analyses and experimental results.
ISSN:0020-0190
1872-6119
DOI:10.1016/j.ipl.2008.11.010