Ricerc@Sapienza

The computation of electrical flows is a crucial primitive for many recently proposed optimization algorithms on weighted networks. While typically implemented as a centralized subroutine, the ability to perform this task in a fully decentralized way is implicit in a number of biological systems. Thus, a natural question is whether this task can provably be accomplished in an efficient way by a network of agents executing a simple protocol.

The disruptive factor of the current industrial sectors is the constant spreading of ICT technology into produc-tion cycles. Following this trend, several companies improved their productive factors towards the optimiza-tion of processes through the digitalization of themselves, also thanks to public and private funds.