SIGNAL-FLOW ARCHITECTURE FOR COOPERATIVE CONTROL AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION

摘要

Methods and supporting systems for allocating a resource among multiple agents are disclosed. Multipoint-to-multipoint communication is established among the agents, with each agent using an amount of a resource. A first agent receives information associated with the resource usage of a second agent and determines the difference in resource usage between itself and the second agent. Based in part on the resource usage difference, the first agent is controlled to modify its use of the resource.

主权项

1. A method of allocating a resource among a plurality of agents, the method comprising:
establishing multipoint-to-multipoint communication among a plurality of agents, wherein each agent uses an amount of a resource; receiving, at a first agent in the plurality of agents, information associated with the resource usage of a second agent in the plurality of agents; determining, by the first agent, a difference in resource usage between the first and second agents; and controlling the first agent to modify its use of the resource based at least in part on the difference in resource usage between the first and second agents.