Title :
Convergence and asymptotic agreement in distributed decision problems
Author :
Tsitsiklis, J.N. ; Athans, M.
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Abstract :
We consider a distributed team decision problem in which different agents obtain from the environment different stochastic measurements, possibly at different random times, related to the same uncertain random vector. Each agent has the same objective function and prior probability distribution. We assume that each agent can compute an optimal tentative decision based upon his own observation and that these tentative decisions are communicated and received, possibly at random times, by a subset of other agents. Conditions for asymptotic convergence of each agent´s decision sequence and asymptotic agreement of all agents´ decisions are derived.
Keywords :
Broadcasting; Convergence; Distributed computing; High level synthesis; History; Laboratories; Statistics; Stochastic processes; Tiles;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 1982 21st IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL, USA
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.1982.268229