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This paper considers the controllability problem for multi-agent systems. In particular, the structural controllability of multi-agent systems under switching topologies is investigated. The structural controllability of multi-agent systems…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2012-03-27 Xiaomeng Liu , Hai Lin , Ben M. Chen

We consider a dynamically decoupled network of agents each with a local output-feedback controller. We assume each agent is a node in a directed acyclic graph and the controllers share information along the edges in order to cooperatively…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-23 Mruganka Kashyap , Laurent Lessard

In this paper, we formulate and solve a randomized optimal consensus problem for multi-agent systems with stochastically time-varying interconnection topology. The considered multi-agent system with a simple randomized iterating rule…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Guodong Shi , Karl Henrik Johansson

The topology of interactions in network dynamical systems fundamentally underlies their function. Accelerating technological progress creates massively available data about collective nonlinear dynamics in physical, biological, and…

Physics and Society · Physics 2018-03-28 Jose Casadiego , Mor Nitzan , Sarah Hallerberg , Marc Timme

Networks such as organizational network of a global company play an important role in a variety of knowledge management and information diffusion tasks. The nodes in these networks correspond to individuals who are self-interested. The…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-10 Swapnil Dhamal , Y. Narahari

This paper considers a leader-following problem for a group of heterogeneous linear time invariant (LTI) followers that are interacting over a directed acyclic graph. Only a subset of the followers has access to the state of the leader in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-11-21 Yi-Fan Chung , Solmaz S. Kia

This paper examines resilient dynamic leader-follower consensus within multi-agent systems, where agents share first-order or second-order dynamics. The aim is to develop distributed protocols enabling nonfaulty/normal followers to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Liwei Yuan , Hideaki Ishii

This note investigates how to design topology structures to ensure the controllability of multi-agent networks (MASs) under any selection of leaders. We put forward a concept of perfect controllability, which means that a multi-agent system…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Shaobin Cao , Zhijian Ji , Hai Lin , Haisheng Yu

A variety of problems in distributed control involve a networked system of autonomous agents cooperating to carry out some complex task in a decentralized fashion, e.g., orienting a flock of drones, or aggregating data from a network of…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-05-01 Bernadette Charron-Bost , Patrick Lambein-Monette

Multi-agent trajectory planning requires ensuring both safety and efficiency, yet deadlocks remain a significant challenge, especially in obstacle-dense environments. Such deadlocks frequently occur when multiple agents attempt to traverse…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Haoze Dong , Meng Guo , Chengyi He , Zhongkui Li

In this work we introduce an approach for modeling and analyzing collective behavior of a group of agents using moments. We represent the group of agents via their distribution and derive a method to estimate the dynamics of the moments. We…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-30 Silun Zhang , Axel Ringh , Xiaoming Hu , Johan Karlsson

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

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

In this paper, we study the leader-following consensus problem for a class of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems under jointly connected directed switching networks. The uncertainty includes constant unbounded parameters and external…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-29 Wei Liu , Jie Huang

Coordinating robotic swarms in dynamic and communication-constrained environments remains a fundamental challenge for collective intelligence. This paper presents a novel framework for event-triggered organization, designed to achieve…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-09 Fidel Aznar , Mar Pujol , Álvaro Díez

Recently a distributed algorithm has been proposed for multi-agent networks to solve a system of linear algebraic equations, by assuming each agent only knows part of the system and is able to communicate with nearest neighbors to update…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-15 Hong-Tai Cao , Travis E. Gibson , Shaoshuai Mou , Yang-Yu Liu

The way of analyzing, designing and building of real-time projects has been changed due to the rapid growth of internet, mobile technologies and intelligent applications. Most of these applications are intelligent, tiny and distributed…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2011-08-03 Venkatesh. M , K. Kumar , Srinivas. V

We model a system of networking agents that seek to optimize their centrality in the network while keeping their cost, the number of connections they are participating in, low. Unlike other game-theory based models for network evolution,…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2007-05-23 Petter Holme , Gourab Ghoshal

Multi-agent systems (MAS) based on Large Language Models (LLMs) have the potential to solve tasks that are beyond the reach of any single LLM. However, this potential can only be realized when the collaboration mechanism between agents is…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Nurbek Tastan , Samuel Horvath , Karthik Nandakumar

In a recent article [1] we surveyed advances related to adaptation, learning, and optimization over synchronous networks. Various distributed strategies were discussed that enable a collection of networked agents to interact locally in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-12-13 Ali H. Sayed , Xiaochuan Zhao