Common randomness and distributed control: A counterexample
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When agents collaborate to perform a control task, it is of interest to characterize the set of joint probability distributions they can achieve on their joint action space when they are passively provided with external common randomness. We give a simple counterexample to a natural conjecture about this class of joint distributions.
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Systems & Control Letters
دوره 56 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2007