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This paper studies the problem of distributed formation maneuver control of multi-agent systems via complex Laplacian. We will show how to change the translation, scaling, rotation, and also the shape of formation continuously by only…

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This paper investigates the use of decentralised control architectures with heterogeneous dynamics for improving performance in large-scale systems. Our focus is on two well-known decentralised approaches; the 'predecessor following' and…

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Communication remains a key factor limiting the applicability of distributed model predictive control (DMPC) in realistic settings, despite advances in wireless communication. DMPC schemes can require an overwhelming amount of information…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-05 Torben Schiz , Henrik Ebel

In a multi-agent environment, In order to overcome and alleviate the non-stationarity of the multi-agent environment, the mainstream method is to adopt the framework of Centralized Training Decentralized Execution (CTDE). This thesis is…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-05-30 Zeng Da

We consider the problem of finding an input signal which transfers a linear boundary controlled 1D parabolic partial differential equation with spatially-varying coefficients from a given initial state to a desired final state. The initial…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-17 Soham Chatterjee , Vivek Natarajan

This paper considers the distributed H-infinity leader-following tracking problem for a class of discrete time multi-agent systems with a high-dimensional dynamic leader. It is assumed that output information about the leader is only…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-09-03 Guanghui Wen , Valery Ugrinovskii

Many multi-agent systems in practice are decentralized and have dynamically varying dependencies. There has been a lack of attempts in the literature to analyze these systems theoretically. In this paper, we propose and theoretically…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-12 Alex DeWeese , Guannan Qu

We present PDE-FM, a modular foundation model for physics-informed machine learning that unifies spatial, spectral, and temporal reasoning across heterogeneous partial differential equation (PDE) systems. PDE-FM combines spatial-spectral…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Eduardo Soares , Emilio Vital Brazil , Victor Shirasuna , Breno W. S. R. de Carvalho , Cristiano Malossi

This paper introduces a novel decentralized implementation of a continuification-based strategy to control the density of large-scale multi-agent systems on the unit circle. While continuification methods effectively address micro-to-macro…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-27 Beniamino Di Lorenzo , Gian Carlo Maffettone , Mario di Bernardo

This paper considers the robust cooperative output regulation for a network of parabolic PDE systems. The solution of this problem is obtained by extending the cooperative internal model principle from finite to infinite dimensions. For a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-22 Joachim Deutscher

We analyze a nonlocal PDE model describing the dynamics of adaptation of a phenotypically structured population, under the effects of mutation and selection, in a changing environment. Previous studies have analyzed the large-time behavior…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-25 Lionel Roques , Florian Patout , Olivier Bonnefon , Guillaume Martin

We propose MADP, a novel diffusion-model-based approach for collaboration in decentralized robot swarms. MADP leverages diffusion models to generate samples from complex and high-dimensional action distributions that capture the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Frederic Vatnsdal , Romina Garcia Camargo , Saurav Agarwal , Alejandro Ribeiro

In this paper, we propose a distance-based formation control strategy that can enable four mobile agents, which are modelled by a group of single-integrators, to achieve the desired formation shape specified by using six consistent…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-06-07 Myoung-Chul Park , Zhiyong Sun , Minh Hoang Trinh , Brian D. O. Anderson , Hyo-Sung Ahn

In this paper we deal with distributed optimal control for nonlinear dynamical systems over graph, that is large-scale systems in which the dynamics of each subsystem depends on neighboring states only. Starting from a previous work in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-29 Sara Spedicato , Sarnavi Mahesh , Giuseppe Notarstefano

This paper addresses the problem of bearing leader-follower formation control in three-dimensional space by exploring the persistence of excitation (PE) of the desired formation. Using only bearing and relative velocity measurements,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-18 Zhiqi Tang , Rita Cunha , Tarek Hamel , Carlos Silvestre

In this article, we detail the design of an output feedback stabilizing control law for an underactuated network of N subsystems of n + m heterodirectional linear first-order hyperbolic Partial Differential Equations interconnected through…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-17 Jean Auriol

We study the robust output regulation of linear boundary control systems by constructing extended systems. The extended systems are established based on solving static differential equations under two new conditions. We first consider the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-19 Duy Phan , Lassi Paunonen

In this paper an artificial delay based impedance controller is proposed for robotic manipulators with uncertainty in dynamics. The control law unites the time delayed estimation (TDE) framework with a second order switching controller of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Udayan Banerjee , Bhabani Shankar Dey , Indra Narayan Kar , Subir Kumar Saha

In affine formation control problems, the construction of the framework with universal rigidity and affine localizability is a critical prerequisite, but it has not yet been well addressed, especially when additional agents join the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-05 Huiming Li , Hao Chen , Xiangke Wang , Zhongkui Li , Lincheng Shen

In this paper, we propose a novel and distributed formation control method for autonomous robots to follow the desired formation while tracking a moving target in dynamic environments. In our approach, the desired formations, which include…

Robotics · Computer Science 2017-05-08 Anh-Duc Dang , Hung M. La , Thang Nguyen , Joachim Horn