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Marchant, James M., Griffiths, Nathan and Leeke, Matthew (2015) Destabilising conventions : characterising the cost. In: Eighth IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems, London, 8-12 Sep 2014. Published in: 2014 IEEE Eighth International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO) pp. 139-144. ISBN 9781479953677. ISSN 1949-3673. doi:10.1109/SASO.2014.26

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Abstract

Conventions are often used in multi-agent systems to achieve coordination amongst agents without creating additional system requirements. Encouraging the emergence of robust conventions via fixed strategy agents is one of the main methods of manipulating how conventions emerge. In this paper we demonstrate that fixed strategy agents can also be used to destabilise and remove established conventions. We examine the minimum level of intervention required to cause destabilisation, and explore the effect of different pricing mechanisms on the cost of interventions. We show that there is an inverse relationship between cost and the number of fixed strategy agents used. Finally, we investigate the effectiveness of placing fixed strategy agents by their cost, for different pricing mechanisms, as a mechanism for causing destabilisation. We show that doing so produces comparable results to placing by known metrics.

Item Type: Conference Item (Paper)
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Computer Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Multiagent systems
Journal or Publication Title: 2014 IEEE Eighth International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems (SASO)
Publisher: IEEE
ISBN: 9781479953677
ISSN: 1949-3673
Official Date: 5 January 2015
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5 January 2015Published
2014UNSPECIFIED
Page Range: pp. 139-144
DOI: 10.1109/SASO.2014.26
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Embodied As: 1
Conference Paper Type: Paper
Title of Event: Eighth IEEE International Conference on Self-Adaptive and Self-Organizing Systems
Type of Event: Workshop
Location of Event: London
Date(s) of Event: 8-12 Sep 2014
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