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GECCO
2008
Springer
128views Optimization» more  GECCO 2008»
15 years 7 months ago
Multi-agent task allocation: learning when to say no
This paper presents a communication-less multi-agent task allocation procedure that allows agents to use past experience to make non-greedy decisions about task assignments. Exper...
Adam Campbell, Annie S. Wu, Randall Shumaker
E4MAS
2005
Springer
16 years 18 hour ago
A Survey of Environments and Mechanisms for Human-Human Stigmergy
Stigmergy (the coordination of agents through signs they make and sense in a shared environment) was originally articulated in the study of social insects. Its basic processes are ...
H. Van Dyke Parunak
AAAI
1994
15 years 7 months ago
Exploiting Meta-Level information in a Distributed Scheduling System
In this paper, we study the problem of achieving efficient interaction in a distributed scheduling system whose scheduling agents may borrow resources from one another. Specifical...
Daniel E. Neiman, David W. Hildum, Victor R. Lesse...
ISRR
2005
Springer
211views Robotics» more  ISRR 2005»
15 years 12 months ago
Field D*: An Interpolation-Based Path Planner and Replanner
Abstract. We present an interpolation-based planning and replanning algorithm for generating smooth paths through non-uniform cost grids. Most grid-based path planners use discrete...
Dave Ferguson, Anthony Stentz
CORR
2008
Springer
174views Education» more  CORR 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
Bounded Budget Connection (BBC) Games or How to make friends and influence people, on a budget
Motivated by applications in social networks, peer-to-peer and overlay networks, we define and study the Bounded Budget Connection (BBC) game - we have a collection of n players o...
Nikolaos Laoutaris, Laura J. Poplawski, Rajmohan R...