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We analyze the Cucker-Smale model under hierarchical leadership in presence of a time delay. By using a Lyapunov functional approach and some induction arguments we will prove convergence to consensus for every positive delay $\tau$. These…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-07-06 Cristina Pignotti , Irene Reche Vallejo

We consider the problem of understanding the coordinated movements of biological or artificial swarms. In this regard, we propose a learning scheme to estimate the coordination laws of the interacting agents from observations of the swarm's…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-26 Christos Mavridis , Amoolya Tirumalai , John Baras

We introduce a stochastic agent-based model for the flocking dynamics of self-propelled particles that exhibit velocity-alignment interactions with neighbours within their field of view. The stochasticity in the dynamics of the model arises…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2019-07-24 Trilochan Bagarti , Shakti N. Menon

We present a new stochastic particle system on networks which describes the flocking behavior and pattern formation. More precisely, we consider Cucker-Smale particles with decentralized formation control and multiplicative noises on…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2022-04-20 Young-Pil Choi , Doeun Oh , Oliver Tse

Flocking behavior has attracted considerable attention in multi-agent systems. The structure of flocking has been predominantly studied through the application of artificial potential fields coupled with velocity consensus. These…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-21 Logan E. Beaver , Chris Kroninger , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

We present an emergent stochastic flocking dynamics of the Cucker-Smale (CS) ensemble under randomly switching topologies. The evolution of the CS ensemble with randomly switching topologies involves two random components (switching times…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-11-19 Jiu-Gang Dong , Seung-Yeal Ha , Jinwook Jung , Doheon Kim

In this paper, we study the emergence of circular formation for agents in cyclic pursuit. Each agent is a unicycle traveling at a fixed common forward speed. We first establish a necessary and sufficient condition for the existence of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-14 Zhaozhan Yao , Yuhua Yao , Xiaoming Hu

In this work, we discuss kinetic descriptions of flocking models, of the so-called Cucker-Smale and Motsch-Tadmor types. These models are given by Vlasov-type equations where the interactions taken into account are only given long-range…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-29 Thomas Rey , Changhui Tan

In this paper the optimal control of flocking models with random inputs is investigated from a numerical point of view. The effect of uncertainty in the interaction parameters is studied for a Cucker-Smale type model using a generalized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-03 Giacomo Albi , Lorenzo Pareschi , Mattia Zanella

We introduce a mean field game model for pedestrians moving in a given domain and choosing their trajectories so as to minimize a cost including a penalization on the difference between their own velocity and that of the other agents they…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-17 Filippo Santambrogio , Woojoo Shim

This paper tackles the problem of safe and efficient area coverage using a multi-agent system operating in environments with obstacles. Applications such as environmental monitoring and search and rescue require robot swarms to cover large…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-12 Sungjun Seo , Kooktae Lee

In this work, we perform modulation analysis of monokinetic limits from the kinetic Cucker- Smale model to the pressureless Euler alignment system. Two regimes are considered -- a strong Fokker- Planck force with vanishing noise and Knudsen…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-08 Alina Chertock , Roman Shvydkoy , Trevor Teolis

We propose a bio-inspired, agent-based approach to describe the natural phenomenon of group chasing in both two and three dimensions. Using a set of local interaction rules we created a continuous-space and discrete-time model with time…

Biological Physics · Physics 2017-05-24 Milán Janosov , Csaba Virágh , Gábor Vásárhelyi , Tamás Vicsek

Two hallmarks of non-equilibrium systems, from active colloids to animal herds, are agents motility and nonreciprocal interactions. Their interplay creates feedback loops leading to complex spatiotemporal dynamics crucial to understand and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-09-17 David Martin , Daniel Seara , Yael Avni , Michel Fruchart , Vincenzo Vitelli

The Motsch-Tadmor (MT) model is a variant of the Cucker-Smale model with a normalized communication weight function. The normalization poses technical challenges in analyzing the collective behavior due to the absence of conservation of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-08-21 Seung-Yeal Ha , Franca Hoffmann , Dohyeon Kim , Wook Yoon

We present a new algorithm to simulate dynamic group behaviors for interactive multi-agent crowd simulation. Our approach is general and makes no assumption about the environment, shape, or size of the groups. We use the least effort…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2016-02-12 Liang He , Jia Pan , Sahil Narang , Wenping Wang , Dinesh Manocha

We provide a bird's eye view on developments in analyzing the long time, large crowd behavior of Cucker-Smale alignment dynamics. We consider a class of (fully-)discrete models, paying particular attention to general alignment protocols in…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Eitan Tadmor

Particle dynamics and multi-agent systems provide accurate dynamical models for studying and forecasting the behavior of complex interacting systems. They often take the form of a high-dimensional system of differential equations…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-08-09 Yuxuan Liu , Scott G. McCalla , Hayden Schaeffer

We introduce a family of lattice-gas models of flocking, whose thermodynamically consistent dynamics admits a proper equilibrium limit at vanishing self-propulsion. These models are amenable to an exact coarse-graining which allows us to…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-27 Tal Agranov , Robert L. Jack , Michael E. Cates , Étienne Fodor

This paper presents a novel framework for ensuring safety in dynamically coupled multi-agent systems through collaborative control. Drawing inspiration from ecological models of altruism, we develop collaborative control barrier functions…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-04-07 Brooks A. Butler , Xiao Tan , Aaron D. Ames , Magnus Egerstedt