Learning and Coordination: Enhancing Agent Performance Through Distributed Decision Making
Language: English
Published by Kluwer Academic Pub, 1994
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- Title
- Learning and Coordination: Enhancing Agent Performance Through Distributed Decision Making
- Author
- S.H. Kim
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Pub
- Publication year
- 1994
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0792330463
- ISBN 13
- 9780792330462
- Item weight
- 0.52 kilograms
This book presents a general framework for adaptive systems. The utility of the comprehensive framework is demonstrated by tailoring it to particular models of computational learning, ranging from neural networks to declarative logic.
The key to robustness lies in distributed decision making. An exemplar of this strategy is the neural network in both its biological and synthetic forms. In a neural network, the knowledge is encoded in the collection of cells and their linkages, rather than in any single component. Distributed decision making is even more apparent in the case of independent agents. For a population of autonomous agents, their proper coordination may well be more instrumental for attaining their objectives than are their individual capabilities.
This book probes the problems and opportunities arising from autonomous agents acting individually and collectively. Following the general framework for learning systems and its application to neural networks, the coordination of independent agents through game theory is explored. Finally, the utility of game theory for artificial agents is revealed through a case study in robotic coordination.
Given the universality of the subjects -- learning behavior and coordinative strategies in uncertain environments -- this book will be of interest to students and researchers in various disciplines, ranging from all areas of engineering to the computing disciplines; from the life sciences to the physical sciences; and from the management arts to social studies.
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