Multi-team Systems

A multi team system consists of multiple teams where each team may have their own goals, but system in general has a common ultimate goal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiteam_system.  This is really interesting.  I think that this would be an interesting direction to move bounties. Also, on a different note, I think that a survey of this field would… Continue reading Multi-team Systems

Car insurance data

Did you know that auto insurance companies allow you to look up a quote online.  All you need is your name, address and date of birth and they will show you your cars!  That means you can with a little effort find out what cars people have!  Year and Model at least.  That could be… Continue reading Car insurance data

Entangled FindSet

Would be cool to use quantum entanglement to do instant FindSets (seeing if two elements are contained in the same set) for Kruskal MST algorithm. Say each vertex is a photon.  Whenever you do a union you entangle the photons.  Then all you have to do to compare if the photons belong to the same… Continue reading Entangled FindSet

tv channel

The animation for the channel number on our tv (you know how when you change the channel it tells you what channel you are now on) changed today.  Made me wonder how that happens.  I thought that was defined by the tv… Strange.

Spacial-temporal clustering

I think that idea is actually a field.  Specifically spacial-temporal clustering.  There are a lot of highly cited papers in this field.  Also, it seems like it sort of tapered off in the mid-2000s.  I don’t see any mention of it being applied to a multiagent system other than for cars.

Fun problem

David had an idea for a problem: Given N individuals, each individual must, say, play a game with M other individuals.  The length of the game is stochastic and dependent on who is playing the game.  Describe an algorithm that will optimally group the individuals such that each individual has to wait the minimum amount… Continue reading Fun problem

Adaptive Auctions

I found my idea that I had for the adaptive auctions.  This isn’t the full general case of negotiation, but it is a start.  http://www.sigecom.org/exchanges/volume_5/5.3-Pardoe.pdf  And its by Peter Stone :).