Competition-based neural networks with robotic applications

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Focused on solving competition-based problems, this book designs, proposes, develops, analyzes and simulates various neural network models depicted in centralized and distributed manners. Specifically, it defines four different classes of centralized models for investigating the resultant competition in a group of multiple agents. With regard to distributed competition with limited communication among agents, the book presents the first distributed WTA (Winners Take All) protocol, which it subsequently extends to the distributed coordination control of multiple robots. Illustrations, tables, and various simulative examples, as well as a healthy mix of plain and professional language, are used to explain the concepts and complex principles involved. Thus, the book provides readers in neurocomputing and robotics with a deeper understanding of the neural network approach to competition-based problem-solving, offers them an accessible introduction to modeling technology and the distributed coordination control of redundant robots, and equips them to use these technologies and approaches to solve concrete scientific and engineering problems. Read more... Abstract: Focused on solving competition-based problems, this book designs, proposes, develops, analyzes and simulates various neural network models depicted in centralized and distributed manners. Read more... Front Matter....Pages i-xv Competition Aided with Discrete-Time Dynamic Feedback....Pages 1-12 Competition Aided with Continuous-Time Nonlinear Model....Pages 13-23 Competition Aided with Finite-Time Neural Network....Pages 25-55 Competition Based on Selective Positive-Negative Feedback....Pages 57-79 Distributed Competition in Dynamic Networks....Pages 81-102 Competition-Based Distributed Coordination Control of Robots....Pages 103-121