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Analyzing the Effects of Alternative Decisions in a Multiagent System with Stigmergy-Based Interactions

Author : Florin Leon

Published in: Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXX

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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The goal of this paper is to describe a simple protocol based on passive stigmergy for agent interaction in a multiagent system, which can exhibit complex behavior, and to study the effects of alternative decisions, which can be seen as perturbations that can change the final state of the system. Several ways of visualizing the influence relations that the agents have on one another and the effects of alternative decisions are presented.

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Title: Analyzing the Effects of Alternative Decisions in a Multiagent System with Stigmergy-Based Interactions
Author: Florin Leon
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Transactions on Computational Collective Intelligence XXX
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-99809-1

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-99810-7

Copyright Year: 2018
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-99810-7_1

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