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Quorum sensing on mobile ad-hoc networks
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Quorum sensing on mobile ad-hoc networks

Maxim Peysakhov, Christopher Dugan, Pragnesh Modi and William Regli
Proceedings of the fifth international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, v 2006, pp 1104-1106
08 May 2006
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1145/1160633.1160831

Abstract

mobile agents robustness and dependability of agent systems
Mobile ad-hoc networks (MANETs) are an increasingly important networking paradigm that will be the backbone of important defense and first response networks. Group decision-making is key to these environments, but is made difficult when MANETs are introduced due to network disruptions, bandwidth limitations, and host mobility patterns. Results gathered using standard group decision-making algorithms can become inaccurate, time-insensitive, or computationally undecidable. This paper focuses on a group decision-making approach using agent-based quorum sensing (ABQS) on MANETs. A mobile agent collects information (e.g., votes) from each host on a network until it can make an informed decision about global preference. This agent exploits the inherent tradeoff between efficient vote collection and result accuracy in order to provide better results, when considering survivability, hosts visited, hops made, and time spent, with only a very slight drop in correctness---benefits that greatly outweigh costs. Experimental evidence from live MANETs demonstrates the effectiveness of this solution.

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