Research Article

Agent negotiation of target distribution enhancing system survivability

  1. Ning Xiong1,2,*,
  2. Henrik Christensen1,
  3. Per Svensson3

Article first published online: 15 OCT 2007

DOI: 10.1002/int.7006

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International Journal of Intelligent Systems

International Journal of Intelligent Systems

Volume 22, Issue 12, pages 1251–1269, December 2007

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Xiong, N., Christensen, H. and Svensson, P. (2007), Agent negotiation of target distribution enhancing system survivability. Int. J. Intell. Syst., 22: 1251–1269. doi: 10.1002/int.7006

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  1. 1

    Center for Autonomous Systems, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

  2. 2

    Department of Computer Science and Electronics, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden

  3. 3

    Department of Data and Information Fusion, Swedish Defense Research Agency, Stockholm, Sweden

*Center for Autonomous Systems, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

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  1. Issue published online: 15 OCT 2007
  2. Article first published online: 15 OCT 2007

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Abstract

This article proposes an agent negotiation model for target distribution across a set of geographically dispersed sensors. The key idea is to consider sensors as autonomous agents that negotiate over the division of tasks among them for obtaining better payoffs. The negotiation strategies for agents are established based upon the concept of subgame perfect equilibrium from game theory. Using such negotiation leads to not only superior measuring performance from a global perspective but also possibly balanced allocations of tasks to sensors, benefiting system robustness and survivability. A simulation test and results are given to demonstrate the ability of our approach in improving system security while keeping overall measuring performance near optimal. © 2007 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Int J Int Syst 22: 1251–1269, 2007.

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