Agents design for distributed consensus over networks of fixed and switching topologies

Jing Wang, Nicola Elia

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider the problem of designing agents' dynamics such that the multi-agent system can reach consensus in a distributed fashion. Our design approach is independent of the network topology and the agents can be used in mobile networks or fixed networks with different topologies. We review our previous result valid for fixed network topologies and extend it to the case when the interconnection among the nodes changes over time. In particular we focus on average consensus and consider undirected connected switching graphs. We establish the convergence property of the system by mode separation and an application of the small gain theorem.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control held jointly with 2009 28th Chinese Control Conference, CDC/CCC 2009
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages5815-5820
Number of pages6
ISBN (Print)9781424438716
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes
Event48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control held jointly with 2009 28th Chinese Control Conference, CDC/CCC 2009 - Shanghai, China
Duration: Dec 15 2009Dec 18 2009

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
ISSN (Print)0743-1546
ISSN (Electronic)2576-2370

Other

Other48th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control held jointly with 2009 28th Chinese Control Conference, CDC/CCC 2009
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period12/15/0912/18/09

Keywords

  • Consensus
  • Cooperative control
  • Reusable agents
  • Robust control

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