DUCT: An upper confidence bound approach to distributed constraint optimization problems
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2017

We propose a distributed upper confidence bound approach, DUCT, for solving distributed constraint optimization problems. We compare four variants of this approach with a baseline random sampling algorithm, as well as other complete and incomplete algorithms for DCOPs. Under general assumptions, we theoretically show that the solution found by DUCT after T steps is approximately T-1-close to the optimal. Experimentally, we show that DUCT matches the optimal solution found by the well-known DPOP and O-DPOP algorithms on moderate-size problems, while always requiring less agent communication. For larger problems, where DPOP fails, we show that DUCT produces significantly better solutions than local, incomplete algorithms. Overall, we believe that DUCT is a practical, scalable algorithm for complex DCOPs.

Tree search

Coordination

Multiagent systems

Distributed constraint optimization

Författare

Brammert Ottens

Booking.com

Christos Dimitrakakis

Chalmers, Data- och informationsteknik, Datavetenskap

Boi Faltings

Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

ACM Transactions on Intelligent Systems and Technology

2157-6904 (ISSN) 2157-6912 (eISSN)

Vol. 8 5 69

Ämneskategorier

Data- och informationsvetenskap

DOI

10.1145/3066156

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