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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

This paper addresses the distributed consensus protocol design problem for linear multi-agent systems with directed graphs and external unmatched disturbances. A novel distributed adaptive consensus protocol is proposed to achieve…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-11-05 Yuezu Lv , Zhongkui Li , Zhisheng Duan , Gang Feng

In this paper, we consider a robust consensus tracking problem of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with time-varying interconnection topologies. Based on common Lyapunov function and internal model techniques, both state and output…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-14 Yutao Tang

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

Consensus over networked agents is typically studied using undirected or directed communication graphs. Undirected graphs enforce symmetry in information exchange, leading to convergence to the average of initial states, while directed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-25 Abhinav Sinha , Dwaipayan Mukherjee , Shashi Ranjan Kumar

We address the synchronization problem in open multi-agent systems (OMAS) containing both cooperative and antagonistic interactions. In these systems, agents can join or leave the network over time, and the interaction structure may evolve…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-26 Pelin Sekercioglu , Angela Fontan , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

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 work, we consider the consensus problem in which legitimate agents share their values over an undirected communication network in the presence of malicious or faulty agents. Different from the previous works, we characterize the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-27 Sarper Aydın , Orhan Eren Akgün , Stephanie Gil , Angelia Nedić

We analyze stability of consensus algorithms in networks of multi-agents with time-varying topologies and delays. The topology and delays are modeled as induced by an adapted process and are rather general, including i.i.d.\ topology…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-06-07 Wenlian Lu , Fatihcan M. Atay , Jurgen Jost

The distributed coordination problem of multi-agent systems is addressed in this paper under the assumption of intermittent communication between agents in the presence of time-varying communication delays. Specifically, we consider the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Abdelkader Abdessameud , Ilia G. Polushin , Abdelhamid Tayebi

In this paper, we deal with first and second-order alignment models with non-universal interaction, time delay and possible lack of connection between the agents. More precisely, we analyze the situation in which the system's agents do not…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Chiara Cicolani , Elisa Continelli , Cristina Pignotti

In this paper, the behavior of scalar multi-agent systems over networks subject to time-driven jumps. Assuming that all agents communicate through distinct communication digraphs at jump and flow times, the asymptotic multi-consensus…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-28 Andrea Cristofaro , Mattia Mattioni

We consider the setting of agents cooperatively minimizing the sum of local objectives plus a regularizer on a graph. This paper proposes a primal-dual method in consideration of three distinctive attributes of real-life multi-agent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-11 Ziyi Yu , Nikolaos M. Freris

Multi-agent systems cooperation to achieve global goals is usually limited by sensing, actuation, and communication issues. At the local level, continuous measurement and actuation is only approximated by the use of digital mechanisms that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-18 Eloy Garcia , Yongcan Cao , David W. Casbeer

This brief addresses the distributed consensus problem of nonlinear multi-agent systems under a general directed communication topology. Each agent is governed by higher-order dynamics with mismatched uncertainties, multiple completely…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-02 Gang Wang , Chaoli Wang , Zhengtao Ding , Yunfeng Ji

In this paper, we study the consensus problem for continuous-time and discrete-time multi-agent systems in state-dependent switching networks. In each case, we first consider the networks with fixed connectivity, in which the communication…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2014-12-17 Gangshan Jing , Yuanshi Zheng , Long Wang

In this paper, we consider a coordination problem for a class of heterogeneous nonlinear multi-agent systems with a prescribed input-output behavior which was represented by another input-driven system. In contrast to most existing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-10-06 Yutao Tang

We study resilient leader-follower consensus of multi-agent systems (MASs) in the presence of adversarial agents, where agents' communication is modeled by time-varying topologies. The objective is to develop distributed algorithms for the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-11-18 Liwei Yuan , Hideaki Ishii

This paper analyzes consensus in multi-agent systems under uniform and nonuniform communication delays, a key challenge in distributed coordination with applications to robotic swarms. It investigates the convergence of a consensus…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-18 Shokoufeh Naderi , Maude Blondin , Sébastien Roy

This technical note addresses the distributed fixed-time consensus protocol design problem for multi-agent systems with general linear dynamics over directed communication graphs. By using motion planning approaches, a class of distributed…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-05-27 Yu Zhao , Yongfang Liu , Guanrong Chen
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