DocumentCode :
843324
Title :
Convergence and asymptotic agreement in distributed decision problems
Author :
Tsitsiklis, John N. ; Athans, Michael
Author_Institution :
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (aka MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
Volume :
29
Issue :
1
fYear :
1984
fDate :
1/1/1984 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
42
Lastpage :
50
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 decison sequence and asymptotic agreement of all agents´ decisions are derived.
Keywords :
Distributed decision-making; Convergence; Cost function; Decision making; Game theory; History; Large-scale systems; Probability distribution; Random variables; Stochastic processes; Terminology;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0018-9286
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.1984.1103385
Filename :
1103385
Link To Document :
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