In this work, we study behavioral specialization in a swarm of autonomous robots. In the studied swarm, a robot working repeatedly on the same type of task improves in task performance due to learning. Robots may exploit this positive effect of learning by selecting with higher probability the tasks on which they have improved their performance. However, even though the exploitation of such performance improving effects is clearly a benefit, specialization also entails certain costs. Using a task allocation strategy that allows the robots to behav- iorally specialize, we study the trade-off between costs and benefits in simulation experiments. Additionally, we give a perspective on the impact of this trade-off in systems that use specialization.
A. Brutschy, N.-L. Tran, N. Baiboun, M. Frison, G. Pini, A. Roli, et al. (2011). Costs and benefits of behavioral specialization. Springer Berlin Heidelberg [10.1007/978-3-642-23232-9_9].
Costs and benefits of behavioral specialization
ROLI, ANDREA;
2011
Abstract
In this work, we study behavioral specialization in a swarm of autonomous robots. In the studied swarm, a robot working repeatedly on the same type of task improves in task performance due to learning. Robots may exploit this positive effect of learning by selecting with higher probability the tasks on which they have improved their performance. However, even though the exploitation of such performance improving effects is clearly a benefit, specialization also entails certain costs. Using a task allocation strategy that allows the robots to behav- iorally specialize, we study the trade-off between costs and benefits in simulation experiments. Additionally, we give a perspective on the impact of this trade-off in systems that use specialization.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
