Title :
Decentralized PI control for a congestion game
Author :
Shang, Lihui ; Wang, Xiao Fan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Autom., Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., China
Abstract :
The El Farol bar problem is a simple model of congestion and coordination behaviours that occur with shared resources. From a control-theoretic point of view, this problem can be viewed as a decentralized control problem. This work is a first step towards solving the El Farol bar congestion problem based on control theory. A decentralized proportional-integral (PI) control strategy is proposed and investigated via simulation. This strategy provides a simple mechanism for a large collection of decentralized decision makers to solve a complex congestion problem.
Keywords :
PI control; decentralised control; decision making; game theory; El Farol bar congestion problem; complex congestion problem; congestion game; control theory; decentralized decision makers; decentralized proportional-integral control; shared resources; Adaptive systems; Automatic control; Automation; Bayesian methods; Control theory; Distributed control; Intelligent agent; Internet; Iron; Pi control;
Conference_Titel :
Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision Conference, 2004. ICARCV 2004 8th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8653-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICARCV.2004.1468844
