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We consider the global consensus problem for multi-agent systems with input saturation over digraphs. Under a mild connectivity condition that the underlying digraph has a directed spanning tree, we use Lyapunov methods to show that the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-04-15 Xinlei Yi , Tao Yang , Junfeng Wu , Karl H. Johansson

We propose a distributed event-triggered control law to solve the consensus problem for multi-agent systems with nonlinear output. Under the condition that the underlying digraph is strongly connected, we propose some sufficient conditions…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-04-16 Xinlei Yi , Shengjun Zhang , Tao Yang , Junfeng Wu , Karl H. Johansson

This paper presents distributed algorithmic solutions that employ opportunistic inter-agent communication to achieve dynamic average consensus. In our solutions each agent is endowed with a local criterion that enables it to determine…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-03-03 Solmaz S. Kia , Jorge Cortes , Sonia Martinez

With the gradual advancement of a novel idea of the distributed control of the multiagent systems, an event-triggered control protocol has received significant research attention, especially in designing the controller for the nonlinear…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-01-04 Gurmu Meseret Debele

Distributed consensus protocols provide a mechanism for spreading information within clustered networks, allowing agents and clusters to make decisions without requiring direct access to the state of the ensemble. In this work, we propose a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Federico M. Zegers , Sean Phillips

In this article, we investigate the distributed privacy preserving weighted consensus control problem for linear continuous-time multi-agent systems under the event-triggering communication mode. A novel event-triggered privacy preserving…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-03-21 Limei Liang , Ruiqi Ding , Shuai Liu

In this paper, an optimal output consensus problem is studied for discrete-time linear multiagent systems subject to external disturbances. Each agent is assigned with a local cost function which is known only to itself. Distributed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-29 Yutao Tang , Hao Zhu , Xiaoyong Lv

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

This paper investigates the distributed event-based consensus problem of switching networks satisfying the jointly connected condition. Both the state consensus of homogeneous linear networks and output consensus of heterogeneous networks…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-23 Bin Cheng , Xiangke Wang , Zhongkui Li

This work aims to address the design of fully distributed control protocols for stochastic consensus, and, for the first time, establishes the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the path-dependent and highly nonlinear closed-loop…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Xuping Hou , Xiaofeng Zong , Yong He

This paper introduces a novel continuous-time dynamic average consensus algorithm for networks whose interaction is described by a strongly connected and weight-balanced directed graph. The proposed distributed algorithm allows agents to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-01-28 Solmaz S. Kia , Jorge Cortes , Sonia Martinez

This paper re-visits a multi-agent deployment problem where agents are restricted from requesting information from other agents as well as sending acknowledgments when information is received. These communication constraints relax the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-10-25 Mohanad Ajina , Daniel Tabatabai , Cameron Nowzari

In this paper, we propose a new self-triggered consensus algorithm in networks of multi-agents. Different from existing works, which are based on the observation of states, here, each agent determines its next update time based on its…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-01-30 Bo Liu , Wenlian Lu , Licheng Jiao , Tianping Chen

We present consensus analysis of systems with single integrator dynamics interacting via time-varying graphs under the event-triggered control paradigm. Event-triggered control sparsifies the control applied, thus reducing the control…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-05-03 S. Arun Kumar , N. R. Chowdhury , S. Srikant , J. Raisch

Decentralized control systems are widely used in a number of situations and applications. In order for these systems to function properly and achieve their desired goals, information must be propagated between agents, which requires…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-02 Paul Griffioen , Raffaele Romagnoli , Bruce H. Krogh , Bruno Sinopoli

Coordinating multiple autonomous agents to reach a target region while avoiding collisions and maintaining communication connectivity is a core problem in multi-agent systems. In practice, agents have a limited communication range. Thus,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Shiyu Cheng , Luyao Niu , Bhaskar Ramasubramanian , Andrew Clark , Radha Poovendran

This paper studies the consensus problem of general linear discrete-time multi-agent systems (MAS) with input constraints and bounded time-varying communication delays. We propose a robust distributed model predictive control (DMPC)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-20 Henglai Wei , Changxin Liu , Yang Shi

A distributed adaptive control strategy is developed for heterogeneous multiagent systems in nonlinear Brunovsky form with \({\pd}\)-dimensional $n^{\text{th}}$-order dynamics, operating under time-triggered switching communication…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-10 Armel Koulong , Ali Pakniyat

This article studies distributed event-triggered consensus over unreliable communication channels. Communication is unreliable in the sense that the broadcast channel from one agent to its neighbors can drop the event-triggered packets of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-11-25 Eloy Garcia , Yongcan Cao , David W. Casbeer

This paper addresses the challenge of network synchronization under limited communication, involving heterogeneous agents with different dynamics and various network topologies, to achieve consensus. We investigate the distributed adaptive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Moh. Kamalul Wafi , Milad Siami