Research Article
On the relationship between response probability and redundancy in teams of collaborating agents
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2011.247190, author={Ramya Pradhan and Annie Wu}, title={On the relationship between response probability and redundancy in teams of collaborating agents}, proceedings={7th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={COLLABORATECOM}, year={2012}, month={4}, keywords={response probability multi-agent systems robustness redundancy mathematical framework}, doi={10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2011.247190} }- Ramya Pradhan
Annie Wu
Year: 2012
On the relationship between response probability and redundancy in teams of collaborating agents
COLLABORATECOM
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2011.247190
Abstract
One of the expected benefits of multi-agent systems is their capacity for redundancy which is expected to promote system robustness. We examine the impact agents' probabilistic action has on generating redundancy in multi-agent systems with no direct inter-agent communication. We present a mathematical model of such a system, analyze the factors that influence it, and empirically examine its effects on multi-agent systems under perturbations such as removal and insertion of agents. Results indicate that agents' probabilistic action can allow a team of collaborating agents to build a pool of agents with experience and this redundant pool can promote system robustness under perturbations.
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