Faster Consensus via a Sparser Controller
Optimization and Control
2025-02-11 v2 Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing
Systems and Control
Systems and Control
Abstract
In this paper, we investigate the architecture of an optimal controller that maximizes the convergence speed of a consensus protocol with single-integrator dynamics. Under the assumption that communication delays increase with the number of hops from which information is allowed to reach each agent, we address the optimal control design under delayed feedback and show that the optimal controller features, in general, a sparsely connected architecture.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2302.01021,
title = {Faster Consensus via a Sparser Controller},
author = {Luca Ballotta and Vijay Gupta},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2302.01021},
year = {2025}
}
Comments
6 pages, 7 figures; published on IEEE Control Systems Letters