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This paper addresses the adaptive consensus problem in uncertain multi-agent systems, particularly under challenges posed by quantized communication. We consider agents with general linear dynamics subject to nonlinear uncertainties and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-06-10 Woocheol Choi , Piljae Jang

When networked systems of autonomous agents carry out complex tasks, the control and coordination sought after generally depend on a few fundamental control primitives. Chief among these primitives is consensus, where agents are to converge…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Bernadette Charron-Bost , Patrick Lambein-Monette

In this paper, a distributed learning leader-follower consensus protocol based on Gaussian process regression for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems with unknown dynamics is designed. We propose a distributed learning approach to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-03-31 Zewen Yang , Stefan Sosnowski , Qingchen Liu , Junjie Jiao , Armin Lederer , Sandra Hirche

In this paper, we address the distributed average consensus problem over directed networks in open multi-agent systems (OMAS), where the stability of the network is disrupted by frequent agent arrivals and departures, leading to a…

We study the average consensus problem of multi-agent systems for general network topologies with unidirectional information flow. We propose two (linear) distributed algorithms, deterministic and gossip, respectively for the cases where…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2012-03-13 Kai Cai , Hideaki Ishii

In this paper we consider the problem of a multi-agent system achieving a formation in the presence of misbehaving or adversarial agents. We introduce a novel continuous time resilient controller to guarantee that normally behaving agents…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2021-06-11 James Usevitch , Kunal Garg , Dimitra Panagou

This paper addresses the estimation of a time- varying parameter in a network. A group of agents sequentially receive noisy signals about the parameter (or moving target), which does not follow any particular dynamics. The parameter is not…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-03-03 Shahin Shahrampour , Alexander Rakhlin , Ali Jadbabaie

This paper studies the problem of finding the median of N distinct numbers distributed across networked agents. Each agent updates its estimate for the median from noisy local observations of one of the N numbers and information from…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-12 Shuhua Yu , Yuan Chen , Soummya Kar

This paper addresses the problem of distributed control for leader-follower multi-agent systems under prescribed performance guarantees. Leader-follower is meant in the sense that a group of agents with external inputs are selected as…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-04-30 Fei Chen , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

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

In this paper, we study multi-agent network games subject to affine time-varying coupling constraints and a time-varying communication network. We focus on the class of games adopting proximal dynamics and study their convergence to a…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-20 Carlo Cenedese , Giuseppe Belgioioso , Sergio Grammatico , Ming Cao

We describe a protocol for the average consensus problem on any fixed undirected graph whose convergence time scales linearly in the total number nodes $n$. The protocol is completely distributed, with the exception of requiring all nodes…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-07 Alex Olshevsky

We study the problem of distributed hypothesis testing with a network of agents where some agents repeatedly gain access to information about the correct hypothesis. The group objective is to globally agree on a joint hypothesis that best…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-24 Angelia Nedić , Alex Olshevsky , César A. Uribe

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

In this paper, robust finite-time consensus of a group of nonlinear multi-agent systems in the presence of communication time delays is considered. In particular, appropriate delay-dependent strategies which are less conservative are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-27 Maryam Sharifi

In this note, the problem of simultaneous leader-following consensus and parameter estimation is studied for a class of multi-agent systems subject to an uncertain leader system. The leader system is described by a sum of sinusoids with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-28 Shimin Wang , Xiangyu Meng

We study asynchronous dynamics in a network of interacting agents updating their binary states according to a time-varying threshold rule. Specifically, agents revise their state asynchronously by comparing the weighted average of the…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-02-01 Laura Arditti , Giacomo Como , Fabio Fagnani , Martina Vanelli

This paper presents a decentralized algorithm for a team of agents to track time-varying fixed points that are the solutions to time-varying convex optimization problems. The algorithm is first-order, and it allows for total asynchrony in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-14 Gabriel Behrendt , Matthew Hale

In this paper, we study the problem of resilient consensus for a multi-agent network where some of the nodes might be adversarial, attempting to prevent consensus by transmitting faulty values. Our approach is based on that of the so-called…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-01-11 Liwei Yuan , Hideaki Ishii

In this paper, we propose matrix-scaled consensus algorithms for linear dynamical agents interacting over an undirected network. Under the proposed algorithms, the state vectors of all agents to asymptotically agree up to some matrix…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-15 Minh Hoang Trinh , Hoang Huy Vu , Nhat-Minh Le-Phan , Quyen Ngoc Nguyen