Decentralized coordination can be achieved by the emergence of a consensual choice
inside a group of simple agents. The work done on the emergence of social laws and the …

Decentralized coordination can be achieved by the emergence of a consensual choice
inside a group of simple agents. Work done on emergence of social laws, and on …

In nature, there are examples of large groups of animals that are capable of making optimal
collective-level decisions without the need for global control or information. Understanding …

Symmetry breaking is commonly found in self-organized collective decision making. It
serves an important functional role, specifically in biological and bio-inspired systems. The …

Interactions between agents in multi-agent systems have an inherent potential for conflict
and must be coordinated. The adhesion to uniform behaviour is one way of coordinating …

A 'consensus decision'is when the members of a group choose, collectively, between
mutually exclusive actions. In humans, consensus decisions are often made democratically …

Fundamental aspects of decentralized systems are considered from a control perspective.
The stochastic framework afforded by Markov systems is presented as a formal setting in …

One way of coordinating actions is by the adoption of norms: social conventions and
lexicons are good examples of coordinating systems. This paper deals with the efficiency of …

In large anonymous groups, collective action may not be sustained without an
'external'monitoring meta-agency. But, if interactions are not anonymous, a distributed meta …

Decision making, in a simple sense, means a selection among alternatives. It is one of the
fundamental processes in economics but also in social systems. If these systems consist of …