학술논문
A study of group size and communication in an evolving fuzzy-controlled population
Document Type
Conference
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Source
2004 IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37542) Fuzzy systems Fuzzy Systems, 2004. Proceedings. 2004 IEEE International Conference on. 2:895-900 vol.2 2004
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ISSN
1098-7584
Abstract
This research effort is an investigation into communication activity in a distributed set of software agents. Agents exist in a predator-prey environment. Movements of prey agents are evolved upon a Mamdani type fuzzy inference system. Probabilistic predation and starvation forces, along with simulated communication activity act upon agents, causing them to cluster. Examined here is the correlation between mean cluster size after the population has sufficiently evolved, versus the average agent communication activity. Communication activity creates a loyalty to remain in a cluster for security rather than to change cluster membership. A mean r/sup 2/ correlation of 0.87 was observed with this system, thus lending credence to our hypothesis.