Bauso, D., Giarré, L. and Pesenti, R. (2006) Mechanism design for optimal consensus problems. In: Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control. 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control, 2006 IEEE , 3381 - 3386. ISBN 1424401712
Abstract
We consider stationary consensus protocols for networks of dynamic agents with switching topologies. At each time instant, each agent knows only its and its neighbors' state, but must reach consensus on a group decision value that is function of all the agents' initial state. We show that our protocol design is the solution of individual optimizations performed by the agents. This notion suggests a game theoretic interpretation of consensus problems as mechanism design problems. Under this perspective a supervisor entails the agents to reach a consensus by imposing individual objectives. We prove that such objectives can be chosen so that rational agents have a unique optimal protocol, and asymptotically reach consensus on a desired group decision value. © 2006 IEEE.
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Item Type: | Proceedings Paper |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2006 IEEE. |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Engineering (Sheffield) > Department of Automatic Control and Systems Engineering (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 05 Feb 2016 11:07 |
Last Modified: | 05 Feb 2016 11:07 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CDC.2006.377206 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | IEEE |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1109/CDC.2006.377206 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:89772 |