Distributed control of emergence: local and global anti agent strategies in particle swarms and ant colonies

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Although emergent systems have presented us with powerful modeling and optimization mechanisms, often measures of control are necessary to prevent unwanted emergence. In cases where messaging has to be kept to a minimum, central control approaches are not always favorable or feasible; while distributed control approaches could provide an alternative. In this paper, we present a new distributed control strategy: "lying agents'', whose functionality can be switched on to distract other agents f...

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Authors: Brintrup, A; Davis, C; Gong, T; Ligtvoet, A; Robinson, E

• Publication date: 2009-01-01