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This paper considers the distributed consensus problem of linear multi-agent systems subject to different matching uncertainties for both the cases without and with a leader of bounded unknown control input. Due to the existence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-31 Zhongkui Li , Zhisheng Duan , Frank Lewis

In this paper we describe an original computational model for solving different types of Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems (DCSP). The proposed model is called Controller-Agents for Constraints Solving (CACS). This model is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2010-03-03 Sami Al-Maqtari , Habib Abdulrab , Eduard Babkin

In this paper, we develop and present a novel strategy for safe coordination of a large-scale multi-agent team with ``\textit{local deformation}" capabilities. Multi-agent coordination is defined by our proposed method as a multi-layer…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-04-19 Harshvardhan Uppaluru , Hossein Rastgoftar

This paper proposes a decentralized design approach of consensus protocols of multi-agent systems via a directed-spanning-tree(DST)-based linear transformation and the corresponding minimal communication links. First, the consensus problem…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-03-18 Yangzhou Chen , Lanhao Zhao

In this paper, an optimal output consensus problem is studied for discrete-time linear multiagent systems subject to external disturbances. Each agent is assigned with a local cost function which is known only to itself. Distributed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-29 Yutao Tang , Hao Zhu , Xiaoyong Lv

This paper proposes a new architecture for multi-agent systems to cover an unknowingly distributed fast, safely, and decentralizedly. The inter-agent communication is organized by a directed graph with fixed topology, and we model agent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-11 Hossein Rastgoftar

This paper presents a distributed adaptive control strategy for multi-agent systems with heterogeneous dynamics and collision avoidance. We propose an adaptive control strategy designed to ensure leader-following formation consensus while…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-14 Armel Koulong , Ali Pakniyat

In this paper, a class of convex feasibility problems (CFPs) are studied for multi-agent systems through local interactions. The objective is to search a feasible solution to the convex inequalities with some set constraints in a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-12-16 Kaihong Lu , Gangshan Jing , Long Wang

This paper is devoted to distributed continuous-time and discrete-time optimization problems with nonuniform convex constraint sets and nonuniform stepsizes for general differentiable convex objective functions. The communication graphs are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-03 Peng Lin , Wei Ren , Chunhua Yang , Weihua Gui

We study the problem of control synthesis for multi-agent systems, to achieve complex, high-level, long-term goals that are assigned to each agent individually. As the agents might not be capable of satisfying their respective goals by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2014-03-18 Jana Tumova , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

This paper addresses the problem of navigation control of a general class of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems in a bounded workspace of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with static obstacles. In particular, we propose a decentralized control protocol…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Alexandros Filotheou , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Making Smart Cities more sustainable, resilient and democratic is emerging as an endeavor of satisfying hard constraints, for instance meeting net-zero targets. Decentralized multi-agent methods for socio-technical optimization of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-05-29 Srijoni Majumdar , Chuhao Qin , Evangelos Pournaras

In this paper, we explore a multi-agent reinforcement learning approach to address the design problem of communication and control strategies for multi-agent cooperative transport. Typical end-to-end deep neural network policies may be…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-03-30 Kazuki Shibata , Tomohiko Jimbo , Takamitsu Matsubara

Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems (DCOPs) offer a powerful framework for multi-agent coordination but often rely on labor-intensive, manual problem construction. To address this, we introduce VL-DCOPs, a framework that takes…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-01-27 Saaduddin Mahmud , Dorian Benhamou Goldfajn , Shlomo Zilberstein

In this paper, we introduce a high-level controller synthesis framework that enables teams of heterogeneous agents to assist each other in resolving environmental conflicts that appear at runtime. This conflict resolution method is built…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-02 Michael Enqi Cao , Jonas Warnke , Yunhai Han , Xinpei Ni , Ye Zhao , Samuel Coogan

This paper addresses the limitations of a single agent in task decomposition and collaboration during complex task execution, and proposes a multi-agent architecture for modular task decomposition and dynamic collaboration based on large…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Shuaidong Pan , Di Wu

For nonlinear multi-agent systems with high relative degrees, achieving formation control and obstacle avoidance in a distributed manner remains a significant challenge. To address this issue, we propose a novel distributed safety-critical…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Chao Wang , Shuyuan Zhang , Lei Wang

This paper studies the consensus problem of general linear discrete-time multi-agent systems (MAS) with input constraints and bounded time-varying communication delays. We propose a robust distributed model predictive control (DMPC)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-20 Henglai Wei , Changxin Liu , Yang Shi

This paper proposes a double-layered framework (or form of network) to integrate two mechanisms, termed consensus and conservation, achieving distributed solution of a linear equation. The multi-agent framework considered in the paper is…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Xuan Wang , Shaoshuai Mou , Brian. D. O. Anderson

This paper deals with solving distributed optimization problems with equality constraints by a class of uncertain nonlinear heterogeneous dynamic multi-agent systems. It is assumed that each agent with an uncertain dynamic model has limited…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-28 Mohammad Saeed Sarafraz , Mohammad Saleh Tavazoei