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人口协议模型中$k$ -意见未定态动力学的快速收敛性

Fast Convergence of $k$-Opinion Undecided State Dynamics in the Population Protocol Model

Talley Amir, James Aspnes, Petra Berenbrink, Felix Biermeier, Christopher Hahn, Dominik Kaaser, John Lazarsfeld

摘要:

在人口协议模型中,我们分析了$k$ -意见未定态动力学(USD)的收敛性。对于$k$ =2的观点,众所周知,USD在$O(n \log n)$交互中以高概率达成共识。尽管在相关的并行流言模型中,对于更大的$k$也有类似的结果,但证明该过程也能快速解决$k>2$意见的共识问题仍然是开放的。在本文中,我们证明了这样的收敛性:在温和的假设下,$k$和未决定的代理人的初始数量,我们证明了USD实现多个共识内$O(k n \log n)$互动的高概率,无论初始偏见。此外,如果存在至少$Ω(\sqrt{n} \log n)$的初始加性偏差,我们证明了初始多数意见以高概率获胜,并且如果存在乘法偏差,则收敛时间进一步改善。请注意,这是总体协议模型中USD的$k > 2$的第一个结果。此外,这是USD与$k>2$的非同步变体的第一个结果,它不需要任何初始偏差。

英文摘要:

We analyze the convergence of the $k$-opinion Undecided State Dynamics (USD) in the population protocol model. For $k$=2 opinions it is well known that the USD reaches consensus with high probability within $O(n \log n)$ interactions. Proving that the process also quickly solves the consensus problem for $k>2$ opinions has remained open, despite analogous results for larger $k$ in the related parallel gossip model. In this paper we prove such convergence: under mild assumptions on $k$ and on the initial number of undecided agents we prove that the USD achieves plurality consensus within $O(k n \log n)$ interactions with high probability, regardless of the initial bias. Moreover, if there is an initial additive bias of at least $Ω(\sqrt{n} \log n)$ we prove that the initial plurality opinion wins with high probability, and if there is a multiplicative bias the convergence time is further improved. Note that this is the first result for $k > 2$ for the USD in the population protocol model. Furthermore, it is the first result for the unsynchronized variant of the USD with $k>2$ which does not need any initial bias.

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