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This paper examines the structural controllability for a group of agents, called followers, connected to each other based on the consensus law under commands of multiple leaders, which are agents with superior capabilities, over a fixed…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-03-15 Milad M. Kazemi , Mohsen Zamani , Zhiyong Chen

Given a multi-agent linear system, we formalize and solve a trajectory optimization problem that encapsulates trajectory tracking, distance-based formation control and input energy minimization. To this end, a numerical projection operator…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-02-22 Marco Fabris , Angelo Cenedese , John Hauser

We consider the distributed leader-follower consensus problem with event-triggered communications. The system under consideration is a non-linear input-affine multi agent system. The agents are assumed to have identical dynamics structure…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-03-06 Mathieu Marchand , Vincent Andrieu , Sylvain Bertrand , Hélène Piet-Lahanier

In this paper, we propose a novel control architecture, inspired from neuroscience, for adaptive control of continuous-time systems. The proposed architecture, in the setting of standard Neural Network (NN) based adaptive control, augments…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2021-10-11 Deepan Muthirayan , Pramod P. Khargonekar

This published paper investigates the distributed tracking control problem for a class of Euler-Lagrange multi-agent systems when the agents can only measure the positions. In this case, the lack of the separation principle and the strong…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-02 Qingkai Yang , Hao Fang , Jie Chen , Zhong-Ping Jiang , Ming Cao

In this paper, we investigate the fixed-time behavioral control problem for a team of second-order nonlinear agents, aiming to achieve a desired formation with collision/obstacle~avoidance. In the proposed approach, the two behaviors(tasks)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Ning Zhou , Xiaodong Cheng , Zhongqi Sun , Yuanqing Xia

We introduce a distributed control architecture for a class of heterogeneous, nonlinear dynamical agents moving in the "string" formation, while guaranteeing trajectory tracking, collision avoidance and the preservation of the formation's…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Serban Sabau , Irinel-Constantin Morarescu , Lucian Busoniu , Ali Jadbabaie

In this paper, we investigate the consensus problem of second-order multiagent systems under directed graphs. Simple yet robust consensus algorithms that advance existing achievements in accounting for velocity and input constraints, agent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-02 Gang Wang , Zongyu Zuo , Chaoli Wang

Multi-agent target tracking in the presence of nonlinear dynamics and agent heterogeneity, where state-space dimensions may differ, is a challenging problem that traditional graph Laplacian methods cannot easily address. This work leverages…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-01 Tyler Hanks , Cristian F. Nino , Joana Bou Barcelo , Austin Copeland , Warren Dixon , James Fairbanks

This paper studies the leader-following consensuses of uncertain and nonlinear multi-agent systems against composite attacks (CAs), including Denial of Service (DoS) attacks and actuation attacks (AAs). A double-layer control framework is…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-24 Xin Gong , Jintao Peng , Dong Yang , Zhan Shu , Tingwen Huang , Yukang Cui

This work introduces a distributed formation control strategy for multi-agent systems based solely on rotation symmetry constraints. We propose a potential function that enforces inter-agent \textbf{rotational} symmetries, whose gradient…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-12 Zamir Martinez , Daniel Zelazo

This paper studies the cooperative global robust stabilization problem for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems. The problem is motivated from the study of the cooperative global robust output regulation problem for the class of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-20 Wei Liu , Jie Huang

A promising approach to optimal control of nonlinear systems involves iteratively linearizing the system and solving an optimization problem at each time instant to determine the optimal control input. Since this approach relies on online…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-01-30 Anran Li , John P. Swensen , Mehdi Hosseinzadeh

This paper investigates a planar tracking problem between a leader and follower agent. We propose a novel feedback speed control law, paired with a constant bearing steering strategy, to maintain an abreast formation between the two agents.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Xincheng Li , Tengyue Liu , Udit Halder

This paper addresses the consensus of a class of uncertain nonlinear fractional-order multi-agent systems (FOMAS). First a fractional non-fragile dynamic output feedback controller is put forward via the output measurements of neighboring…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-12-14 Elyar Zavary , Pouya Badri , Mahdi Sojoodi

The paper considers event-triggered leader-follower tracking control for multi-agent systems with general linear dynamics. For both undirected and directed follower graphs, we propose event triggering rules which guarantee bounded tracking…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-03-15 Yi Cheng , V. Ugrinovskii

This paper considers a novel problem of how to choose an appropriate geometry for a group of agents with only shape constraints but with a flexible scale. Instead of assigning the formation system with a specific geometry, here the only…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-03-18 Huang Huang , Changbin Yu , Qinghe Wu

UAV control system is a huge and complex system, and to design and test a UAV control system is time-cost and money-cost. This paper considered the simulation of identification of a nonlinear system dynamics using artificial neural networks…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-10-04 Bhaskar Prasad Rimal , Idris E. Putro , Agus Budiyono , Dugki Min , Eunmi Choi

Brains need to predict how the body reacts to motor commands. It is an open question how networks of spiking neurons can learn to reproduce the non-linear body dynamics caused by motor commands, using local, online and stable learning…

Neurons and Cognition · Quantitative Biology 2017-11-30 Aditya Gilra , Wulfram Gerstner

In this paper, we take a first step towards generalizing a recently proposed method for dealing with the problem of convergence to incorrect equilibrium points of distance-based formation controllers. Specifically, we introduce a distance…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-20 Tairan Liu , Marcio de Queiroz , Pengpeng Zhang , Milad Khaledyan