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A Design Pattern for Decentralised Decision Making

Reina, Andreagiovanni ; Valentini, Gabriele ; Fernández-Oto, Cristian ; Dorigo, Marco ; Trianni, Vito Wang, Zhen

PloS one, 2015-10, Vol.10 (10), p.e0140950-e0140950 [Periódico revisado por pares]

United States: Public Library of Science

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  • Título:
    A Design Pattern for Decentralised Decision Making
  • Autor: Reina, Andreagiovanni ; Valentini, Gabriele ; Fernández-Oto, Cristian ; Dorigo, Marco ; Trianni, Vito
  • Wang, Zhen
  • Assuntos: Animal behavior ; Animals ; Apis mellifera ; Bees ; Bees - physiology ; Choice Behavior - physiology ; Decision Making ; Decision theory ; Design ; Design engineering ; Engineering ; Ergonomics ; Honey ; Humans ; Models, Statistical ; Multiagent systems ; Nesting Behavior - physiology ; Personality ; Population ; Site selection ; Viability
  • É parte de: PloS one, 2015-10, Vol.10 (10), p.e0140950-e0140950
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    Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
    Conceived and designed the experiments: AR VT. Performed the experiments: AR. Analyzed the data: AR VT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR GV CFO MD VT. Wrote the paper: AR GV CFO MD VT.
  • Descrição: The engineering of large-scale decentralised systems requires sound methodologies to guarantee the attainment of the desired macroscopic system-level behaviour given the microscopic individual-level implementation. While a general-purpose methodology is currently out of reach, specific solutions can be given to broad classes of problems by means of well-conceived design patterns. We propose a design pattern for collective decision making grounded on experimental/theoretical studies of the nest-site selection behaviour observed in honeybee swarms (Apis mellifera). The way in which honeybee swarms arrive at consensus is fairly well-understood at the macroscopic level. We provide formal guidelines for the microscopic implementation of collective decisions to quantitatively match the macroscopic predictions. We discuss implementation strategies based on both homogeneous and heterogeneous multiagent systems, and we provide means to deal with spatial and topological factors that have a bearing on the micro-macro link. Finally, we exploit the design pattern in two case studies that showcase the viability of the approach. Besides engineering, such a design pattern can prove useful for a deeper understanding of decision making in natural systems thanks to the inclusion of individual heterogeneities and spatial factors, which are often disregarded in theoretical modelling.
  • Editor: United States: Public Library of Science
  • Idioma: Inglês
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