Convergence of probability collectives with adaptive choice of temperature parameters

Smyrnakis, Michalis and Leslie, David S. (2010) Convergence of probability collectives with adaptive choice of temperature parameters. In: Learning and intelligent optimization : 4th International Conference, LION 4, Venice, Italy, January 18-22, 2010. Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science . Springer, Berlin, pp. 200-203. ISBN 9783642137990

Abstract

There are numerous applications of multi-agent systems like disaster management [1], sensor networks [2], traffic control [3] and scheduling problems [4] where agents should coordinate to achieve a common goal. In most of these cases a centralized solution is inefficient because of the scale and the complexity of the problems and thus distributed solutions are required.