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In this paper, we consider the state controllability of networked systems, where the network topology is directed and weighted and the nodes are higher-dimensional linear time-invariant (LTI) dynamical systems. We investigate how the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-11-03 Lin Wang , Guanrong Chen , Xiaofan Wang , Wallace K. S. Tang

This paper studies the consensus problem of multi-agent systems with asymmetric and reducible topologies. Centralized event-triggered rules are provided so as to reduce the frequency of system's updating. The diffusion coupling feedbacks of…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2014-07-08 Xinlei Yi , Wenlian Lu , Tianping Chen

The fast development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents provides a promising way for the realization of intelligent and customized wireless networks. In this paper, we propose a Wireless Multi-Agent System (WMAS), which can provide…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Jingchen Peng , Dingli Yuan , Boxiang Ren , Jie Fan , Hao Wu , Lu Yang

This article deals with model- and data-based consensus control of heterogenous leader-following multi-agent systems (MASs) under an event-triggering transmission scheme. A dynamic periodic transmission protocol is developed to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-09-15 Xin Wang , Jian Sun , Gang Wang , Jie Chen

This paper introduces a novel approach of clustering, which is based on group consensus of dynamic linear high-order multi-agent systems. The graph topology is associated with a selected multi-agent system, with each agent corresponding to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-06-13 Ning Cai , Chen Diao , M. Junaid Khan

This paper deals with structural controllability of leader-follower networks. The system matrix defining the network dynamics is a pattern matrix in which a priori given entries are equal to zero, while the remaining entries take nonzero…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-10-16 Jiajia Jia , Harry L. Trentelman , Wouter Baar , Kanat M. Camlibel

Motivated by the control theoretic distinction between controllable and uncontrollable events, we distinguish between two types of agents within a multi-agent system: controllable agents, which are directly controlled by the system's…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-11-17 R. I. Brafman , M. Tennenholtz

The focus of this paper is directed towards optimal control of multi-agent systems consisting of one leader and a number of followers in the presence of noise. The dynamics of every agent is assumed to be linear, and the performance index…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-02 Jalal Arabneydi , Mohammad M. Baharloo , Amir G. Aghdam

This paper presents a solution to the automatic task planning problem for multi-agent systems. A formal framework is developed based on the Nondeterministic Finite Automata with $\epsilon$-transitions, where given the capabilities,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Anatoli A. Tziola , Savvas G. Loizou

Structural controllability has been proposed as an analytical framework for making predictions regarding the control of complex networks across myriad disciplines in the physical and life sciences (Liu et al., Nature:473(7346):167-173,…

Physics and Society · Physics 2015-05-28 Noah J. Cowan , Erick J. Chastain , Daril A. Vilhena , James S. Freudenberg , Carl T. Bergstrom

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

Multi-agent systems (MAS) solve complex problems through coordinated autonomous entities with individual decision-making capabilities. While Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) enables these agents to learn intelligent strategies, it…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Xinren Zhang , Sixi Cheng , Zixin Zhong , Jiadong Yu

Distributed controllers are often necessary for a multi-agent system to satisfy safety properties such as collision avoidance. Communication and coordination are key requirements in the implementation of a distributed control protocol, but…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-04-13 Eric S. Kim , Murat Arcak , Sanjit A. Seshia , BaekGyu Kim , Shinichi Shiraishi

In this paper, we study cooperative multi-agent systems in which the target objective and the controls exercised by the agents are dependent on the choices they made at initial system time. Such systems have been investigated in several…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-07-03 Ge Guo , Wing Shing Wong , Zhongchang Liu

Using the semigroup approach to abstract boundary control problems we characterize the space of all exactly reachable states. Moreover, we study the situation when the controls of the system are required to be positive. The abstract results…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-11 Klaus-Jochen Engel , Marjeta Kramar Fijavž

The current paper addresses the distributed guaranteed-performance consensus design problems for general high-order linear multiagent systems with leaderless and leader-follower structures, respectively. The information about the Laplacian…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2018-06-27 Jianxiang Xi , Jie Yang , Hao Liu , Tang Zheng

In this paper, the formation control of multi-agent systems in random switching communication topology is studied, and the problem of excessive bandwidth and low control efficiency among multi-agents is solved. For nonlinear multi-agent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-25 Ouyang Lingcong , Yang Kaijun

This chapter provides a comprehensive overview of controlling collective behavior in complex systems comprising large ensembles of interacting dynamical agents. Building upon traditional control theory's foundation in individual systems, we…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Marco Coraggio , Davide Salzano , Mario di Bernardo

This work addresses the synchronization/consensus problem of identical multi-agent system (MAS) where the agents' dynamics are linear and the communication network is arbitrarily switching among connected topologies. The approach uses a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-24 Chong Jin Ong , Ilayda Canyakmaz

This paper introduces a conception that any weighted directed network topology is almost decouplable, which can help to transform the topology into a similar form being composed of uncoupled vertices, and thus reduce the complexity of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-08-05 Ning Cai , M. Junaid Khan