Title

On The Relationship Between Response Probability And Redundancy In Teams Of Collaborating Agents

Keywords

Mathematical framework; Multi-agent systems; Redundancy; Response probability; Robustness

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. © 2011 ICST.

Publication Date

12-1-2011

Publication Title

ColiaborateCom 2011 - Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Collaborative Computing: Networking, Applications and Worksharing

Number of Pages

297-306

Document Type

Article; Proceedings Paper

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.4108/icst.collaboratecom.2011.247190

Socpus ID

84857546038 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84857546038

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