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Abstract
We study the effectiveness of consensus formation in multi-agent systems where belief updating is an iterative two-part process, consisting of both belief updating based on direct evidence and also belief combination between agents, within the context of a best-of-n problem. Agents’ beliefs are represented within Dempster-Shafer theory by mass functions and we investigate the macro-level properties of four well-known belief combination operators: Dempster’s rule, Yager’s rule, Dubois & Prade’s operator and the averaging operator. Simulation experiments are conducted for different evidence rates and noise levels. Broadly, Dubois & Prade’s operator results in better convergence to the best state, and is more robust to noisy evidence.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | the Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems |
| Publisher | International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems |
| Pages | 1904-1906 |
| Number of pages | 3 |
| ISBN (Print) | 978-1-4503-6309-9 |
| Publication status | Published - 13 May 2019 |
| Event | International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems - Montreal, Canada Duration: 5 May 2019 → 17 May 2019 http://aamas2019.encs.concordia.ca/ |
Publication series
| Name | AAMAS Conference proceedings |
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| Publisher | International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems |
| ISSN (Print) | 2523-5699 |
Conference
| Conference | International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems |
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| Abbreviated title | AAMAS 2019 |
| Country/Territory | Canada |
| City | Montreal |
| Period | 5/05/19 → 17/05/19 |
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Keywords
- Consensus formation
- evidence propagation
- noisy decision-making
- emergent behaviour
- distributed problem solving
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Richards, A. G., Wilson, R. E., Johnson, A., Bullock, S., Lawry, J., Noyes, J. M., Hauert, S., Bode, N. W. F., Pitonakova, L., Kent, T., Crosscombe, M., Zanatto, D., Alkan, B., Drury, K. L., Hogg, E., Bonnell, W. D., Bennett, C., Clarke, C. E. M., Potts, M. W., Sartor, P. N., Harvey, D., Rayneau-Kirkhope, B., Galvin, K., Lam, J., Barden, E., Chattington, M., Radanovic, M., Morey, E. J., Ball, M., Hunt, E. R., Richards, A. G., Radanovic, M., Morey, E. J., Steane, V., Reed Edworthy, J. & Hart, S. G.
1/10/17 → 31/03/23
Project: Research