Resource-constrained decentralized active sensing for multi-robot systems using distributed Gaussian processes

K Tiwari, V Honoré, S Jeong, NY Chong… - … and Systems (ICCAS …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of area coverage for robot teams operating under resource
constraints, while modeling spatio-temporal environmental phenomena. The aim of the …

Learning behaviors for coordination in networked systems and a generalized consensus protocol

P Hovareshti, JS Baras - 2011 50th IEEE Conference on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of coordination for efficient joint decision making in networks of
autonomous agents. When making a decision, an agent is influenced by its knowledge …

Towards cyber-physical systems in social spaces: The data reliability challenge

S Wang, D Wang, L Su, L Kaplan… - 2014 IEEE Real-Time …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Today's cyber-physical systems (CPS) increasingly operate in social spaces. Examples
include transportation systems, disaster response systems, and the smart grid, where …

Convergence rates for cooperation in heterogeneous populations

A Bean, P Kairouz, A Singer - 2012 Conference Record of the …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem of cooperative distributed estimation within a network of
heterogeneous agents. In particular, we study the situation where each agent observes an …

A cross-layer framework for joint control and distributed sensing in agile wireless networks

N Michelusi, U Mitra - 2014 IEEE International Symposium on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a cross-layer framework for joint control and distributed sensing in agile
wireless networks is presented, where an agent schedules actions to control a partially …

Cooperative information sharing to improve distributed learning in multi-agent systems

PS Dutta, NR Jennings, L Moreau - Journal of Artificial Intelligence …, 2005 - jair.org
Effective coordination of agents' actions in partially-observable domains is a major
challenge of multi-agent systems research. To address this, many researchers have …

Energy efficient consensus over complex networks

C Asensio-Marco… - IEEE Journal of Selected …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The need to extract large amounts of information from the environment to have precise
situation awareness and then react appropriately to certain events has led to the emergence …

Social learning with disparate hypotheses

K Ntemos, V Bordignon, S Vlaski… - 2022 30th European …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we study the problem of social learning under multiple true hypotheses and self-
interested agents. In this setup, each agent receives data that might be generated from a …

Controlled Consensus in a Social Network with “Simple” Agents

AG Chkhartishvili, DA Gubanov - 2018 Eleventh International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider the problem to find conditions, ensuring a required consensus of the agents'
beliefs about some situation parameter under a given structure of their interactions. We …

Coverage control and distributed consensus-based estimation for mobile sensing networks in complex environments

M Boldrer, D Fontanelli… - 2019 IEEE 58th …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we jointly discuss two problems: coverage control for a set of agents and
distributed estimation of an observed quantity. Our coverage solution does not require …