DocumentCode :
839118
Title :
Asymptotic agreement in distributed estimation
Author :
Borkar, Vivek ; Varaiya, Pravin P.
Author_Institution :
Tata Institute for fundamental Research, Bangalore, India
Volume :
27
Issue :
3
fYear :
1982
fDate :
6/1/1982 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
650
Lastpage :
655
Abstract :
Each of several agents updates his estimate of the same random variable whenever he makes a new observation or receives the estimate made by another agent. In turn, each agent transmits his estimate to a randomly chosen subset of the other agents. A subset of agents forms a communicating ring if for every pair \\underline {m}, \\underline {p} of ring members, there is a sequence of ring members \\underline {m} = \\underline {m}_{1}, \\underline {m}_{2}, ... , \\underline {m}_{n+1} = \\underline {p} such that \\underline {m}_{i} sends his estimate to \\underline {m}_{i+1} infinitely often. If each ring member knows that he is a ring member, then the estimates of all the ring members asymptotically agree. However, this common limit can depend upon the order in which estimates are transmitted.
Keywords :
Distributed estimation; Computer science; Convergence; Delay; Distributed information systems; Laboratories; Probability distribution; Random variables;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9286
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.1982.1102982
Filename :
1102982
Link To Document :
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