1. Главная
  2. Ресурсы
  3. Библиотечный поиск
Estimation WithStrategic Sensors Farhad FarokhiAndré TeixeiraCédric Langbort2016 год

Estimation With Strategic Sensors
статья из журнала

Полный текстСтраница публикацииПубликация в OpenAlex
Аннотация: We introduce a model of estimation in the presence of strategic, self-interested sensors. We employ a game-theoretic setup to model the interaction between the sensors and the receiver. The cost function of the receiver is equal to the estimation error variance while the cost function of the sensor contains an extra term which is determined by its private information. We start by the single sensor case in which the receiver has access to a noisy but honest side information in addition to the message transmitted by a strategic sensor. We study both static and dynamic estimation problems. For both these problems, we characterize a family of equilibria in which the sensor and the receiver employ simple strategies. Interestingly, for the dynamic estimation problem, we find an equilibrium for which the strategic sensor uses a memory-less policy. We generalize the static estimation setup to multiple sensors with synchronous communication structure (i.e., all the sensors transmit their messages simultaneously). We prove the maybe surprising fact that, for the constructed equilibrium in affine strategies, the estimation quality degrades as the number of sensors increases. However, if the sensors are herding (i.e., copying each other policies), the quality of the receiver's estimation improves as the number of sensors increases. Finally, we consider the asynchronous communication structure (i.e., the sensors transmit their messages sequentially).
Год издания: 2016
Авторы: Farhad Farokhi, André Teixeira, Cédric Langbort
Издательство: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Источник: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control
Ключевые слова: Game Theory and Applications, Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms, Auction Theory and Applications
Другие ссылки: IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control (HTML)
arXiv (Cornell University) (PDF)
arXiv (Cornell University) (HTML)