Trust Dynamics in Multi-Agent Coalition Formation

Abstract

We present a rigorous treatment of coalition formation based on trust interactions in multi-agent systems. Current literature on trust in multi-agent systems primarily deals with trust models and protocols of interaction in noncooperative scenarios. Here, we use cooperative game theory as the underlying mathematical framework to study the trust dynamics between agents as a result of their trust synergy and trust liability in cooperative coalitions. We rigorously justify the behaviors of agents for different classes of games, and discuss ways to exploit the formal properties of these games for specific applications, such as unmanned cooperative control.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 25, 2011
Accession Number
ADA542170

Entities

People

  • Dariusz Mikulski
  • Edward Y. Gu
  • Frank L. Lewis
  • Greg R. Hudas

Organizations

  • United States Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Sensors
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Cognitive Systems Engineering
  • Computational Complexity
  • Cooperative Control
  • Cooperative Games
  • Engineering
  • Game Theory
  • Improvised Explosive Devices
  • Motivation
  • Multiagent Systems
  • Networks
  • Uncertainty
  • United States
  • Unmanned
  • Unmanned Systems
  • Vehicles
  • Vulnerability

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Game Theory.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • Autonomy
  • Autonomy - Autonomous System Control
  • Autonomy - Human-Robot Interaction