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This paper studies the formation stabilization problem of asynchronous nonlinear multi-agent systems (MAS) subject to parametric uncertainties, external disturbances and bounded time-varying communication delays. A self-triggered min-max…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-22 Henglai Wei , Kunwu Zhang , Yang Shi

Multi-agents systems communication is a technology, which provides a way for multiple interacting intelligent agents to communicate with each other and with environment. Multiple-agent systems are used to solve problems that are difficult…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-03-01 S. Ponomarev , A. E. Voronkov

We propose an asynchronous, decentralized algorithm for consensus optimization. The algorithm runs over a network in which the agents communicate with their neighbors and perform local computation. In the proposed algorithm, each agent can…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-06 Tianyu Wu , Kun Yuan , Qing Ling , Wotao Yin , Ali H. Sayed

This paper studies the tracking control problem of networked multi-agent systems under both multiple networks and event-triggered mechanisms. Multiple networks are to connect multiple agents and reference systems with decentralized…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-03 Wei Ren , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

The paper considers the problem of multi-agent consensus in the presence of adversarial agents which may try to prevent and introduce undesired influence on the coordination among the regular agents. To our setting, we extend the so-called…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-25 Hiroki Matsume , Yuan Wang , Hideaki Ishii

In a cooperative multiagent system, a collection of agents executes a joint policy in order to achieve some common objective. The successful deployment of such systems hinges on the availability of reliable inter-agent communication.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Mustafa O. Karabag , Cyrus Neary , Ufuk Topcu

In a distributed algorithm, multiple processes, or agents, work toward a common goal. More often than not, the actions of some agents are dependent on the previous execution (if not also on the outcome) of the actions of other agents. The…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2012-06-12 Yannai A. Gonczarowski

This article proposes a distributed control method for matrix-scaled multi-agent networks aimed at achieving convergence within a user-defined time frame. The control law of each individual agent relies only on information from neighboring…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-23 K. P. Sunny , Rakesh R. Warier

In this paper, a distributed velocity-constrained consensus problem is studied for discrete-time multi-agent systems, where each agent's velocity is constrained to lie in a nonconvex set. A distributed constrained control algorithm is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-05 Peng Lin , Wei Ren , Huijun Gao

Consider a collaborative task carried out by two autonomous agents that are able to communicate over a noisy channel. Each agent is only aware of its own state, while the accomplishment of the task depends on the value of the joint state of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-03-01 Arsham Mostaani , Osvaldo Simeone , Symeon Chatzinotas , Bjorn Ottersten

This paper introduces a multi-agent application system designed to enhance office collaboration efficiency and work quality. The system integrates artificial intelligence, machine learning, and natural language processing technologies,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-08 Songtao Sun , Jingyi Li , Yuanfei Dong , Haoguang Liu , Chenxin Xu , Fuyang Li , Qiang Liu

In this article, a novel time-coordination algorithm based on event-triggered communications is proposed to achieve coordinated path-following of UAVs. To be specific, in the approach adopted a UAV transmits its progression information over…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-07-17 Hyungsoo Kang , Isaac Kaminer , Venanzio Cichella , Naira Hovakimyan

Adaptive synchronization protocols for heterogeneous multi-agent network are investigated. The interaction between each of the agents is carried out through a directed graph. We highlight the lack of communication between agents and the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-07 Miguel F. Arevalo-Castiblanco , Duvan A. Tellez-Castro , Jorge Sofrony , Eduardo Mojica-Nava

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

We consider a multi-agent reinforcement learning problem where each agent seeks to maximize a shared reward while interacting with other agents, and they may or may not be able to communicate. Typically the agents do not have access to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-04-26 Alex Tong Lin , Mark J. Debord , Katia Estabridis , Gary Hewer , Guido Montufar , Stanley Osher

In this paper, the problem of event-triggered consensus for linear continuous-time multi-agent systems is investigated. A new event-triggered consensus protocol based on a predictor is proposed to achieve consensus without continuous…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-02-27 Xiaoyu Liu , Jian Sun , Lihua Dou , Jie Chen

We present a framework for asynchronously solving convex optimization problems over networks of agents which are augmented by the presence of a centralized cloud computer. This framework uses a Tikhonov-regularized primal-dual approach in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-14 Matthew T. Hale , Angelia Nedich , Magnus Egerstedt

We study asynchronous distributed decision-making for scalable multi-agent bandit submodular maximization. We are motivated by distributed information-gathering tasks in unknown environments and under heterogeneous inter-agent communication…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-09 Pranjal Sharma , Zirui Xu , Vasileios Tzoumas

This paper presents a novel control strategy for the coordination of a multi-agent system subject to high-level goals expressed as linear temporal logic formulas. In particular, each agent, which is modeled as a sphere with 2nd order…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-03-23 Christos K. Verginis , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Whether in groups of humans or groups of computer agents, collaboration is most effective between individuals who have the ability to coordinate on a joint strategy for collective action. However, in general a rational actor will only…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-02-15 Peter M. Krafft , Chris L. Baker , Alex Pentland , Joshua B. Tenenbaum