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On the Stability of Swarm Consensus Under Noisy Control

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems 2010-10-26 v1 Multiagent Systems

Abstract

Representation of a swarm of independent robotic agents under graph-theoretic constructs allows for more formal analysis of convergence properties. We consider the local and global convergence behavior of an N-member swarm of agents in a modified consensus problem wherein the connectivity of agents is governed by probabilistic functions. The addition of a random walk control ensures Lyapunov stability of the swarm consensus. Simulation results are given and planned experiments are described.

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@article{arxiv.1010.4999,
  title  = {On the Stability of Swarm Consensus Under Noisy Control},
  author = {Gregory K. Fricke and Bruce W. Rogers and Devendra P. Garg},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1010.4999},
  year   = {2010}
}