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This paper is concerned with a leader-follower problem for a multi-agent system with a switching interconnection topology. Distributed observers are designed for the second-order follower-agents, under the common assumption that the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-01-03 Yiguang Hong , Guanrong Chen , Linda Bushnell

This paper proposes a new distributed finite-time differentiator (DFD) for multi-agent systems (MAS) under directed graph, which extends the differentiator algorithm from the centralized case to the distributed case by only using…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-02-27 Weile Chen , Haibo Du , Shihua Li

The necessary integration of renewable energy sources, combined with the expanding scale of power networks, presents significant challenges in controlling modern power grids. Traditional control systems, which are human and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-04 Carlo Fabrizio , Gianvito Losapio , Marco Mussi , Alberto Maria Metelli , Marcello Restelli

Multi-agent systems are increasingly applied in space missions, including distributed space systems, resilient constellations, and autonomous rendezvous and docking operations. A critical emerging application is collaborative spacecraft…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-10 Cristian F. Nino , Omkar Sudhir Patil , Christopher D. Petersen , Sean Phillips , Warren E. Dixon

We study the formation control problem for a group of mobile agents in a plane, in which each agent is modeled as a kinematic point and can only use the local measurements in its local frame. The agents are required to maintain a geometric…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-13 Chen Wang , Shuai Li , Weiguo Xia , Jinan Sun , Guangming Xie

This paper tackles the distributed leader-follower (L-F) control problem for heterogeneous mobile robots in unknown environments requiring obstacle avoidance, inter-robot collision avoidance, and reliable robot communications. To prevent an…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2018-11-16 Vu Phi Tran , Matthew Garratt , Ian R. Petersen

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

The notion of safety in multi-agent systems assumes great significance in many emerging collaborative multi-robot applications. In this paper, we present a multi-UAV collaborative target-tracking application by defining bounded inter-UAV…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-01-10 Aditya Hegde , Jasmine Jerry Aloor , Debasish Ghose

This paper investigates the distributed consensus tracking control problem for general linear multi-agent systems (MASs) with external disturbances and heterogeneous time-varying input and communication delays under a directed communication…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-05-04 Wei Jiang , Kun Liu , Themistoklis Charalambous

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

This paper investigates the distributed event-triggered control problem for a class of uncertain pure-feedback nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs) with polluted feedback. Under the setting of event-triggered control, substantial challenges…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-28 Libei Sun , Zhirong Zhang , Xinjian Huang , Xiucai Huang

This paper seeks to combine differential game theory with the actor-critic-identifier architecture to determine forward-in-time, approximate optimal controllers for formation tracking in multi-agent systems, where the agents have uncertain…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-07-25 Rushikesh Kamalapurkar , Justin R. Klotz , Patrick Walters , Warren E. Dixon

This paper addresses the problem of cooperative object transportation for multiple Underwater Vehicle Manipulator Systems (UVMSs) in a constrained workspace involving static obstacles. We propose a Nonlinear Model Predictive Control (NMPC)…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-09-06 Shahab Heshmati-Alamdari , George C. Karras , Kostas J. Kyriakopoulos

In this paper, we present a distributed optimal multiagent control scheme for quadrotor formation tracking under localization errors. Our control architecture is based on a leader-follower approach, where a single leader quadrotor tracks a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-31 Clinton Enwerem , John Baras , Danilo Romero

This paper addresses the problem of cooperative object transportation for multiple Underwater Vehicle Manipulator Systems (UVMSs) in a constrained workspace with static obstacles, where the coordination relies solely on implicit…

This paper considers the optimal distributed control problem for a linear stochastic multi-agent system (MAS). Due to the distributed nature of MAS network, the information available to an individual agent is limited to its vicinity. From…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-06-15 Hojin Lee , Cheolhyeon Kwon

This paper presents a spatio-temporal inverse optimal control framework for understanding interactions in multi-agent systems (MAS). We employ a graph representation approach and model the dynamics of interactions between agents as…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-11-04 Sara Honarvar , Yancy Diaz-Mercado

This paper proposes a new approach to analyze and design distributed robust consensus control protocols for general linear leaderless multi-agent systems (MASs) in presence of relative-state constraints or uncertainties. First, we show that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-05-13 Dinh Hoa Nguyen , Tatsuo Narikiyo , Michihiro Kawanishi

This paper investigates a new class of linear multi-agent network systems, in which nodes are coupled by dynamic edges in the sense that each edge has a dynamic system attached as well. The outputs of the edge dynamic systems form the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-02-09 Ji Xiang , Yanjun Li , David J. Hill

In this paper, a distributed output regulation problem is formulated for a class of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems subject to local disturbances. The formulation is given to study a leader-following problem when the leader contains…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-10-27 Yutao Tang , Yiguang Hong , Xinghu Wang