Abstract
We consider two agents, each equipped with a controller. When they achieve a joint goal configuration, their coordination can be measured informationally. We show that the amount of coordination that two agents need to configure in
a certain way depends on the amount of information they obtain from their environment. Furthermore the environment imposes a coordination pressure on the agents that depends on the size of the environment. In a second scenario we introduce a shared centralized controller which leads to a synchronisation
of the agents’ actions for suboptimal policies. However, in the optimal case this intrinsic coordination vanishes and the shared centralized controller can be split into
two individual controllers.
a certain way depends on the amount of information they obtain from their environment. Furthermore the environment imposes a coordination pressure on the agents that depends on the size of the environment. In a second scenario we introduce a shared centralized controller which leads to a synchronisation
of the agents’ actions for suboptimal policies. However, in the optimal case this intrinsic coordination vanishes and the shared centralized controller can be split into
two individual controllers.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Procs of Artificial Life XII |
| Editors | Harold Fellermann, Mark Dorr, Martin M. Hanczyc |
| Publisher | MIT Press |
| Pages | 599-606 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0-262-29075-8, 978-0-262-29075-3 |
| Publication status | Published - 2010 |
| Event | Artificial Life XII - Odense, Denmark Duration: 19 Aug 2010 → 23 Aug 2010 |
Conference
| Conference | Artificial Life XII |
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| Country/Territory | Denmark |
| City | Odense |
| Period | 19/08/10 → 23/08/10 |