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This paper proposes a distributed attack detection and mitigation technique based on distributed estimation over a multi-agent network, where the agents take partial system measurements susceptible to (possible) biasing attacks. In…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-21 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Houman Zarrabi , Hamid R. Rabiee , Usman A. Khan , Themistoklis Charalambous

We present a decentralized ergodic control policy for time-varying area coverage problems for multiple agents with nonlinear dynamics. Ergodic control allows us to specify distributions as objectives for area coverage problems for nonlinear…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-08-29 Ian Abraham , Todd D. Murphey

In this paper we consider the distributed linear quadratic control problem for networks of agents with single integrator dynamics. We first establish a general formulation of the distributed LQ problem and show that the optimal control gain…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-14 Junjie Jiao , Harry L. Trentelman , M. Kanat Camlibel

Neural networks (NNs) have been shown to learn complex control laws successfully, often with performance advantages or decreased computational cost compared to alternative methods. Neural network controllers (NNCs) are, however, highly…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-08 Oliver Gates , Matthew Newton , Konstantinos Gatsis

Reaching agreement despite noise in communication is a fundamental problem in multi-agent systems. Here we study this problem under an idealized model, where it is assumed that agents can sense the general tendency in the system. More…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-09 Amos Korman , Robin Vacus

Autonomous robot networks are an effective tool for monitoring large-scale environmental fields. This paper proposes distributed control strategies for localizing the source of a noisy signal, which could represent a physical quantity of…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2014-04-14 Nikolay A. Atanasov , Jerome Le Ny , George J. Pappas

This paper presents a decentralized control framework for distribution matching in multi-agent systems (MAS), where agents collectively achieve a prescribed terminal spatial distribution. The problem is formulated using optimal transport…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-03 Kooktae Lee

In this paper, a distributed tracking control scheme with distributed estimators has been developed for a leader-follower multi-agent system with measurement noises and directed interconnection topology. It is supposed that each follower…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-08-10 Jiangping Hu , Gang Feng

The paper is devoted to the approximate consensus problem for networks of nonlinear agents with switching topology, noisy and delayed measurements. In contrast to the existing stochastic approximation-based control algorithms (protocols), a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-06-17 Natalia Amelina , Alexander Fradkov , Yuming Jiang , Dimitrios J. Vergados

This paper considers the containment control problem for multi-agent systems with general linear dynamics and multiple leaders whose control inputs are possibly nonzero and time varying. Based on the relative states of neighboring agents, a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-12-31 Zhongkui Li , Zhisheng Duan , Wei Ren , Gang Feng

Covering a bounded region with minimum number of homogeneous sensor nodes is a NP-complete problem \cite{Li09}. In this paper we have proposed an {\it id} based distributed algorithm for optimal coverage in an unbounded region. The proposed…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2012-11-02 Barun Gorain , Partha Sarathi Mandal

This paper investigates the fundamental information-theoretic limits for the control and sensing of noiseless linear dynamical systems subject to a broad class of nonlinear observations. We analyze the interactions between the control and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Ming Li , Fan Liu , Yifeng Xiong , Jie Xu , Tao Liu

Distributed formation maneuver control refers to the problem of maneuvering a group of agents to change their formation shape by adjusting the motions of partial agents, where the controller of each agent only requires local information…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-21 Tao He , Gangshan Jing

This paper addresses the coverage control problem of multi-agent systems in the uncertain environment. With the aid of Voronoi partition, a distributed coverage control formulation of multi-agent system is proposed to complete the workload…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-21 Yinan Zheng , Chao Zhai

In this technical note, we investigate an optimal output consensus problem for heterogeneous uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems. The considered agents are described by high-order nonlinear dynamics subject to both static and dynamic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-07-21 Yutao Tang , Xinghu Wang

We consider the distributed learning problem where a network of $n$ agents seeks to minimize a global function $F$. Agents have access to $F$ through noisy gradients, and they can locally communicate with their neighbors a network. We study…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-09 Tiancheng Qin , S. Rasoul Etesami , César A. Uribe

In multi-agent coverage control problems, agents navigate their environment to reach locations that maximize the coverage of some density. In practice, the density is rarely known $\textit{a priori}$, further complicating the original…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-13 Manish Prajapat , Matteo Turchetta , Melanie N. Zeilinger , Andreas Krause

This article examines the problem of area coverage for a network of mobile robots with imprecise agent localization. Each robot has uniform radial sensing ability, governed by first order kinodynamics. The convex-space is partitioned based…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-15 Sotiris Papatheodorou , Yiannis Stergiopoulos , Anthony Tzes

In this paper, we consider a discrete-time stochastic control problem with uncertain initial and target states. We first discuss the connection between optimal transport and stochastic control problems of this form. Next, we formulate a…

This paper aims to achieve scalable exact output and regulated output synchronization for discrete-time multi-agent systems in presence of disturbances and measurement noise with known frequencies. Both homogeneous and heterogeneous…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-29 Zhenwei Liu , Meirong Zhang , Ali Saberi , Anton A. Stoorvogel