# Structural Results for Decentralized Stochastic Control with a Word-of-Mouth Communication

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.08712 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1809.08712/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 24 Sep 2018.

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- [Approximate Information States for Worst-Case Control and Learning in Uncertain Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2301.05089/) (2023)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In this paper, we analyze a network of agents that communicate through the ``word of mouth," in which, every agent communicates only with its neighbors. We introduce the prescription approach, present some of its properties and show that it leads to a new information state. We also state preliminary structural results for optimal control strategies in systems that evolve using word-of-mouth communication. The proposed approach can be generalized to analyze several decentralized systems.