A (k]-tuple common substring (abbr. (k]-CSS) is a common subsequence of two or more given strings including at most k common substrings. The complexity of finding a longest (k]-CSS of 2 strings is still open. We prese...
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In practice, users are often stuck with an existing solution, despite agreeing on the fact that the solution needs a substantial change. The hesitation might stem from the hefty cost or amount of effort required to ad...
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In vehicular ad hoc networks, few existing works on task offloading focus on co-offloading at intra-vehicle level and inter-vehicle level for deep neural network (DNN) inference. Moreover, they ignore the decentralize...
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Tree-based structures can model images—and more generally valued graphs—for processing and analysis purpose. In this framework, the component tree was natively designed for grey-level images—and more...
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Constructing effective algorithms to converge to Nash Equilibrium (NE) is a important problem in algorithmic game theory. Prior research generally posits that the upper bound on the convergence rate for games is OT-1/...
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This work considers the problem of the noisy binary search in a sorted array. The noise is modeled by a parameter p that dictates that a comparison can be incorrect with probability p, independently of other queries. ...
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consensus algorithm is the core component of consortium blockchains. Equality, Unpredictability and Scalability are three important demands for the consensus algorithms of consortium blockchain. Existing deterministic...
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(数字)9781665471770
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(纸本)9781665471770
consensus algorithm is the core component of consortium blockchains. Equality, Unpredictability and Scalability are three important demands for the consensus algorithms of consortium blockchain. Existing deterministic consensus algorithms (e.g. PBFT) can ensure Equality, but cannot meanwhile meet Unpredictability and Scalability;probabilistic consensus algorithms (e.g. PoW) can achieve Scalability and guarantee a decent Unpredictability, but cannot meet the Equality requirement. In this paper, we propose a new consensus algorithm, namely Themis, which takes the three properties into account. Themis independently adjusts the block-producing difficulty of each node through a self-adaptive node election mechanism, effectively reducing the correlation between the block-producing frequency and the invested computing power of each node. Besides, a GEOST main chain consensus rule is proposed to handle forks and further improve the performance of the algorithm. If a fork occurs, consensus nodes will choose the sub-chain with the highest Equality to join the main chain. Evaluations show that Themis achieves outstanding performance in Equality and Unpredictability while ensuring Scalability, compared with the existing algorithms.
The paper considers independent reinforcement learning (IRL) for multi-agent decision-making process in the paradigm of federated learning (FL). We show that FL can clearly improve the policy performance of IRL in ter...
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(数字)9781538683477
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(纸本)9781538683477
The paper considers independent reinforcement learning (IRL) for multi-agent decision-making process in the paradigm of federated learning (FL). We show that FL can clearly improve the policy performance of IRL in terms of training efficiency and stability. However, since the policy parameters are trained locally and aggregated iteratively through a central server in FL, frequent information exchange incurs a large amount of communication overheads. To reach a good balance between improving the model's convergence performance and reducing the required communication and computation overheads, this paper proposes a system utility function and develops a consensus-based optimization scheme on top of the periodic averaging method, which introduces the consensus algorithm into FL for the exchange of a model's local gradients. This paper also provides novel convergence guarantees for the developed method, and demonstrates its superior effectiveness and efficiency in improving the system utility value through theoretical analyses and numerical simulation results.
Convergence rate is an important performance index in consensus control. Yet, most of the existing results can only achieve asymptotic consensus, or finite-time consensus whose settling time is contingent on initial c...
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Convergence rate is an important performance index in consensus control. Yet, most of the existing results can only achieve asymptotic consensus, or finite-time consensus whose settling time is contingent on initial conditions. This paper studies the robust fixed-time consensus tracking control problem for high-order nonholonomic chained-form systems subject to unknown parameters and nonlinear uncertainties. By using the modified power integrator method, we propose a new robust fixed-time consensus tracking algorithm, with which the consensus tracking can be achieved in a fixed time independent of initial conditions even in the presence of uncertainties. An observer-based fixed-time consensus tracking algorithm is also developed as an alternative method to overcome the communication loop problem. Lyapunov analysis shows the fixed-time stability of the closed-loop system. An application to multiple wheeled mobile robots is presented.
This article studies the consensus of hybrid second-order multiagent systems (MASs), where the hybrid MAS is constituted by the continuous-time second-order (CTSO) and discrete-time second-order (DTSO) dynamic agents....
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This article studies the consensus of hybrid second-order multiagent systems (MASs), where the hybrid MAS is constituted by the continuous-time second-order (CTSO) and discrete-time second-order (DTSO) dynamic agents. First, a hybrid consensus algorithm is proposed, where a sample-data control is considered in the CTSO subsystems. Under the proposed hybrid consensus algorithm, the convergence of the hybrid second-order MAS matrix is analyzed. Second, a sufficient and necessary condition is proposed, which indicates that the controller parameters, such as coupling gains and the sampling interval, and eigenvalues of network topology have a significant impact on the system consensus. Finally, several simulation examples are presented to prove the validity of the results.
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