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This article investigates discrete-time matrix-weighted consensus of multi-agent networks over undirected and connected graphs. We first present consensus protocols for the agents in common networks of symmetric matrix weights with possibly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-25 Quoc Van Tran , Minh Hoang Trinh , Hyo-Sung Ahn

In this note, we discuss the problem of consensus finding in communication networks of agents with dynamically switching topologies. In particular, we consider the case of directed networks with unbalanced matrices of communication rates.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-06 Jan Haskovec

In this paper, from the structural perspective, we propose a new stability analysis approach for the consensus of linear multi-agent systems. Different from the general tools: the Laplacian matrix based method and the Lyapunov's method,…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-04-17 Wang Yong , Li Guiming

This paper addresses the bipartite consensus-control problem in open multi-agent systems containing both cooperative and antagonistic interactions. In these systems, new agents can join and new interactions can be formed over time.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-01 Pelin Sekercioglu , Angela Fontan , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

In this paper, we study the continuous-time consensus problem in the presence of adversaries. The networked multi-agent system is modeled as a switched system, where the normal agents have integrator dynamics and the switching signal…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-03-13 Heath J. LeBlanc , Haotian Zhang , Shreyas Sundaram , Xenofon Koutsoukos

Stochastic network influences complicate graph filter design by producing uncertainty in network iteration matrix eigenvalues, the points at which the graph filter response is defined. While joint statistics for the eigenvalues typically…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-03-01 Stephen Kruzick , José M. F. Moura

This paper investigates the fixed-time consensus problem for a class of multi-agent systems with simple dynamics. Unlike the traditional way to realize fixed-time convergence, a novel strategy using the property of periodic functions is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-01 Yuquan Chen , Fumian Wang , Bing Wang

Consensus of autonomous agents is a benchmark problem in multi-agent control. In this paper, we consider continuous-time averaging consensus policies (or Laplacian flows) and their discrete-time counterparts over time-varying graphs in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Anton V. Proskurnikov , Giuseppe Carlo Calafiore

The shift from monolithic LLMs to distributed multi-agent architectures demands new frameworks for verifying and securing autonomous coordination. Unlike traditional multi-agent systems focused on cooperative state alignment, modern LLM…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Muhammad Umar Javed

This paper studies the consensus problem for multiagent systems with transmission constraints. A novel model of multiagent systems is proposed where the information transmissions between agents are disturbed by irregular distortions or…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-30 Xiaotian Wang , Housheng Su

In this paper, we discuss pinning consensus in networks of multiagents via impulsive controllers. In particular, we consider the case of using only one impulsive controller. We provide a sufficient condition to pin the network to a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-06-21 Bo Liu , Wenlian Lu , Tianping Chen

The distributed optimal output consensus problem for high-order multi-agent systems has been studied recently. In this paper, we further focus on the same problem for high-order multi-agent systems subject to parametric uncertainties and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-23 Yutao Tang , Kui Zhu

Distributed control increases system scalability, flexibility, and redundancy. Foundational to such decentralisation is consensus formation, by which decision-making and coordination are achieved. However, decentralised multi-agent systems…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-03-11 Agathe Bouis , Christopher Lowe , Ruaridh A. Clark , Malcolm Macdonald

Reaching consensus among states of a multi-agent system is a key requirement for many distributed control/optimization problems. Such a consensus is often achieved using the standard Laplacian matrix (for continuous system) or Perron matrix…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Zheming Wang , Chong Jin Ong

An event-triggered control technique for consensus of multi-agent systems with general linear dynamics is presented. This paper extends previous work to consider agents that are connected using directed graphs. Additionally, the approach…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-02-13 Eloy Garcia , Yongcan Cao , Xiaofeng Wang , David W. Casbeer

The paper studies the problem of achieving consensus in multi-agent systems in the case where the dependency digraph $\Gamma$ has no spanning in-tree. We consider the regularization protocol that amounts to the addition of a dummy agent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-08-17 Rafig Agaev , Pavel Chebotarev

In this work, we study the consensus problem in which legitimate agents send their values over an undirected communication network in the presence of an unknown subset of malicious or faulty agents. In contrast to former works, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-11 Orhan Eren Akgün , Sarper Aydın , Stephanie Gil , Angelia Nedić

In this paper, we study asynchronous consensus problems of continuous-time multi-agent systems with discontinuous information transmission. The proposed consensus control strategy is implemented only based on the state information at some…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Feng Xiao , Long Wang

We consider the problem of multi-agent consensus where some agents are subject to faults/attacks and might make updates arbitrarily. The network consists of agents taking integer-valued (i.e., quantized) states under directed communication…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-10-20 Seyed Mehran Dibaji , Hideaki Ishii , Roberto Tempo

A cyber security problem in a networked system formulated as a resilient graph problem based on a game-theoretic approach is considered. The connectivity of the underlying graph of the network system is reduced by an attacker who removes…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-14 Yurid Nugraha , Ahmet Cetinkaya , Tomohisa Hayakawa , Hideaki Ishii , Quanyan Zhu