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Computational mechanism design for multi-sensor information fusion

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AAMAS '06: Proceedings of the fifth international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems

Pages 1463 - 1464

https://doi.org/10.1145/1160633.1160916

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Conventional information fusion architectures are challenged by developments in sensor networks that allow individually-owned (and thereby selfish) sensors to interact and share data. Given this, we advocate the use of tools and techniques from computational mechanism design, a field at the intersection of computer science, game theory and economics, to address the challenges posed by these networks. These techniques allow us to engineer networks with desirable system-wide properties, in which sensors are represented as selfish rational agents, each attempting to fulfill their own individuals goals. In this paper, we present the work of the Argus II DARP project (http://www.robots.ox.ac.uk/~argus/) and we demonstrate the application of mechanism design within a real world information fusion sensor network scenario.

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Computational mechanism design for multi-sensor information fusion
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AAMAS '06: Proceedings of the fifth international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems

May 2006

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ISBN:1595933034

DOI:10.1145/1160633

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Future University - Hakodate, Japan
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The University of Texas at Austin

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Shi HWang WKwok NChen S(2012)Game Theory for Wireless Sensor Networks: A SurveySensors10.3390/s12070905512:7(9055-9097)Online publication date: 2-Jul-2012
https://doi.org/10.3390/s120709055
Xu JZhao HGao WZhu JWang J(2008)Scheduling based on time-sensitivity for wireless sensor network2008 Third International Conference on Communications and Networking in China10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685047(387-391)Online publication date: Aug-2008
https://doi.org/10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685047
Nicholson DRamchurn SRogers A(2008)Information-Based Control of Decentralised Sensor NetworksDefence Industry Applications of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems10.1007/978-3-7643-8571-2_2(15-32)Online publication date: 2008
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7643-8571-2_2

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