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An asynchronous multi-agent multisorted system (AMMS) is a network of threshold elements (agents) operating in continuous time. The agents are either active or passive. When active, an agent generates a signal of certain type (color). The signal is perceived by all agents with inputs of the same color. The agent has a potential that changes under the exciting or inhibitory effect of signals; it is active only if its potential exceeds the threshold. Changes in the agent activity are events that break the timeline into clock periods—time intervals within which the state of the system does not change. The sequence of states of a system is called its behavior. The dependence of the autonomous network behavior on the network parameter values is studied.
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This work was supported in part by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research, projects nos. 17-29-07029 and 20-07-00190.
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Kuznetsov, O.P. Asynchronous Multi-Agent Multisorted Systems. Autom Remote Control 82, 294–307 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0005117921020089
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