Title :
Multi-agent decision in Boolean networks with private information and switching interconnection
Author :
Lou Youcheng ; Hong Yiguang
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Syst. & Control, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In this paper, the collective decision of multi-agent systems based on logical rules is investigated. In the decision process, each agent in the Boolean network is influenced by its neighbor and its own private information based on majority principle. We first give a necessary and sufficient condition of achieving a state given beforehand for general Boolean networks with help of (random) private information sources. Then we consider the consensus behavior of a special class of Boolean networks with each agent having only a neighbor under deterministic and random switching topologies, respectively.
Keywords :
Boolean functions; decision making; multi-agent systems; Boolean networks; collective decision; logical rules; majority principle; multiagent systems; private information; random switching topologies; switching interconnection; Equations; Lead; Linear systems; Markov processes; Network topology; Switches; Topology; Boolean Networks; Majority Principle; Multi-Agent Consensus; Semi-Tensor Product;
Conference_Titel :
Control Conference (CCC), 2010 29th Chinese
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-6263-6