Sensing enhancement on complex networks

Brede, Markus and Romero Moreno, Guillermo (2021) Sensing enhancement on complex networks. In Proceedings of the Conference on Complex Networks and their Applications 2021. Springer.. (In Press)

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Abstract

Previous work has shown that communication between agents with some preference towards adopting the majority opinion can enhance the quality of error-prone individual sensing from dynamic environments. In this paper, we compare the potential of different types of complex networks for such sensing enhancement. Numerical simulations on complex networks are complemented by a mean-field approach for limited connectivity that captures essential trends in dependencies. Our results show that whilst bestowing advantages on a small group of agents degree heterogeneity tends to impede overall sensing enhancement, while clustering and spatial structure play a more nuanced role depending on overall connectivity. We find that for low connectivity sensing enhancement is maximised by random regular networks, whereas for large connectivity best sensing enhancement is found for ring graphs.

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