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SUMMARY:On the Nonlinear Dynamics of Collective Decision-Making in Nature 
 and Design - Naomi Ehrich Leonard\, Princeton University
DTSTART:20151120T140000Z
DTEND:20151120T150000Z
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CONTACT:Tim Hughes
DESCRIPTION:The successful deployment of complex multi-agent systems requi
 res well-designed\, agent-level control strategies that guarantee system-l
 evel dynamics to be robust to disturbance and adaptive in the face of chan
 ges in the environment. In applications\, such as mobile sensor networks\,
  limitations on individual agents in sensing\, communication\, and computa
 tion create a further challenge.  However\, system-level dynamics that are
  both robust and adaptive are observed in animal groups\, from bird flocks
  to fish schools\, despite limitations on individual animals in sensing\, 
 communication\, and computation.  To better understand and leverage the pa
 rallels between networks in nature and design\, a principled examination o
 f collective dynamics is warranted.  I will describe an analytical framewo
 rk based on nonlinear dynamical systems theory for the realization of coll
 ective decision-making that allows for the rigorous study of the mechanism
 s of observed collective animal behavior together with the design of distr
 ibuted strategies for collective dynamics with provable performance.
LOCATION:Cambridge University Engineering Department\, LR5
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