De/centralization in AI and Robotics

As of Nov '08, my research is going to involve using dynammical measures of the behavior of simulated robots to measure and compare centralized and decentralized control in different circumstances. The papers I've read:

measures

• Controlled Analysis of neurocontrollers with informational lesioning Keinan Meilijson Ruppin 2003
• Shalizi
• Carlo's Boolean net stuff

network studies

• Modularity and community structure in networks Newman 2006
• Extracting the hierarchical organization of complex systems Sales-pardo et al 2007

studies of central vs decentral

• Q-Decomposition for Reinforcement Learning Agents Russell Zimdars 2003
• Decentralized Markets versus Central Control: A Comparative Study

theory

• CH 4: The Physical Basis and Origin or Hierarchical Control Pattee 197?

Reviews

• that one thesis in basque