Achieving Consensus in Robot Swarms Design and Analysis of Strategies for the best-of-n Problem

This book focuses on the design and analysis of collective decision-making strategies for the best-of-n problem. After providing a formalization of the structure of the best-of-n problem supported by a comprehensive survey of the swarm robotics literature, it introduces the functioning of a collecti...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Valentini, Gabriele
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2017, 2017
Edition:1st ed. 2017
Series:Studies in Computational Intelligence
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1:Background and Methodology
  • Discrete Consensus Achievement in Artificial Systems
  • Modular Design of Strategies for the Best-of-n Problem
  • Part 2:Mathematical Modeling and Analysis
  • Indirect Modulation of Majority-Based Decisions
  • Direct Modulation of Voter-Based Decisions
  • Direct Modulation of Majority-Based Decisions
  • Part 3:Robot Experiments
  • A Robot Experiment in Site Selection
  • A Robot Experiment in Collective Perception
  • Part 4:Discussion and Annexes
  • Conclusions
  • Background on Markov Chains