Bayesian Methods for Trust in Collaborative Multi-Agent Autonomy

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2403.16956v1
• Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 17:17:35 GMT
• Title: Bayesian Methods for Trust in Collaborative Multi-Agent Autonomy
• Authors: R. Spencer Hallyburton, Miroslav Pajic,
• Abstract summary: In safety-critical and contested environments, adversaries may infiltrate and compromise a number of agents. We analyze state of the art multi-target tracking algorithms under this compromised agent threat model. We design a trust estimation framework using hierarchical Bayesian updating.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Multi-agent, collaborative sensor fusion is a vital component of a multi-national intelligence toolkit. In safety-critical and/or contested environments, adversaries may infiltrate and compromise a number of agents. We analyze state of the art multi-target tracking algorithms under this compromised agent threat model. We prove that the track existence probability test ("track score") is significantly vulnerable to even small numbers of adversaries. To add security awareness, we design a trust estimation framework using hierarchical Bayesian updating. Our framework builds beliefs of trust on tracks and agents by mapping sensor measurements to trust pseudomeasurements (PSMs) and incorporating prior trust beliefs in a Bayesian context. In case studies, our trust estimation algorithm accurately estimates the trustworthiness of tracks/agents, subject to observability limitations.

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