Row straightening via local interactions

被引:28
作者
Wagner, IA
Bruckstein, AM
机构
[1] IBM Israel-Science and Technology, Matam
[2] AT and T Bell Laboratories, Murray-Hill, NJ
关键词
Pulse Propagation; Similar System; Local Interaction; Probabilistic Rule;
D O I
10.1007/BF01246714
中图分类号
TM [电工技术]; TN [电子技术、通信技术];
学科分类号
0808 ; 0809 ;
摘要
A number of agents can arrange themselves equidistantly in a row via a sequence of adjustments, based on a simple ''local'' interaction. The convergence of the configuration to the desired one is exponentially fast. A similarity is shown between this phenomenon and the dynamics of pulse propagation along a distributed RC line, and a conjecture is made concerning the evolution of a similar system with a probabilistic rule of behavior.
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页码:287 / 305
页数:19
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