A decentralized solution to the unsplittable flow problem (UFP) in a transport network is considered, where each flow uses only one route from source to sink and the flows cannot be separated into parts in intermediate nodes. The flow costs in each edge depend on the combination of the assigned flows as well as on external random variables. The distributions of the random variables are unknown,...

The utilization of self-organizing processes promises scalability, robustness and adaptivity in Multi-Agent Systems (MAS), solely based on decentralized coordination of individual actors. Bionic development approaches are being established, which reuse decentralized coordination mechanisms that are derived from natural self–organizing systems. In this paper, we address analysis activities in in...

The article examines two primary policy proposals for how the U.S. should allocate its limited health care dollars: a centralized model in which a commission establishes rationing guidelines, and a decentralized model in which rationing decisions are made by health care providers on a case by case basis. The author finds significant advantages with each position, leading the author to assert th...

Structural sensing, monitoring and control can benefit from wireless communication and embedded computing technologies in terms of installation cost and time. Our prior research has developed low-cost wireless sensing systems for structural monitoring. By incorporating an actuation signal generation module, the functionalities of wireless sensors can be extended to support structural actuation ...

A decentralized solution to the unsplittable flow problem (UFP) in a transport network is considered, where each flow uses only one route from source to sink and the flows cannot be separated into parts in intermediate nodes. The flow costs in each edge depend on the combination of the assigned flows as well as on external random variables. It is supposed that the random variables can be common...

The multi-input multi-output (MIMO) technique is becoming grown and integrated into wireless wideband communication. MIMO techniques suffer from a large-scale linear dynamic problem, it will be easy to adjust the proportional-integral-derivative (PID) of continuous system, unlike nonlinear model. This work displays tuning PID controller for systems utilizing statistical grey wolf optimization (...

The multivariable tracking accuracy on an automotive vibration test rig can be improved by extending the current industrial off-line iterative feedforward procedure with a real time feedback controller. This paper tests and validates three different MIMO-control schemes on an industrial test rig. First decentralized (or diagonal) control is used, which is a combination of independently designed...

This paper presents a new decentralized method for selecting visual landmarks in a structured environment. Different images, issued from the different places, are analyzed, and primitives are extracted to determine whether or not features are present in the images. Subsequently, landmarks are selected as a combination of these features with a mathematical formalism called Galois -or conceptlatt...

The 2005 reform of the German welfare system introduced two competing organizational models for welfare administration. In most districts, a centralized organization was established where local welfare agencies are bound to central directives. At the same time, 69 districts were allowed to opt for a decentralized organization. We evaluate the relative success of both types of organizations. Com...

In this paper we present a decentralized algorithm to estimate the eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix that encodes the network topology of a multi-agent system. We consider network topologies modeled by undirected graphs. The basic idea is to provide a local interaction rule among agents so that their state trajectory is a linear combination of sinusoids oscillating only at frequencies functio...