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Hypergraphs provide a natural way to represent higher-order interactions among multiple entities. While undirected hypergraphs have been extensively studied, the case of directed hypergraphs, which can model oriented group interactions,…

This paper is concerned with the design of a distributed cooperative synchronization controller for a class of higher-order nonlinear multi-agent systems. The objective is to achieve synchronization and satisfy a predefined time-based…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-28 Hashim A. Hashim , Sami El-Ferik , Frank L. Lewis

In this paper, we consider the output synchronization problem for a network of heterogeneous diffusively-coupled nonlinear agents. Specifically, we show how the (non-identical) agents can be controlled in such a way that their outputs…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-03-13 A. Isidori , L. Marconi , G. Casadei

The existing result on the cooperative output regulation problem for unknown linear multi-agent systems using a data-driven distributed internal model approach is limited to the case where each follower is a single-input and single-output…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-02-21 Liquan Lin , Jie Huang

This paper addresses the positive synchronization of interconnected systems on undirected graphs. For homogeneous positive systems, a static feedback protocol design is proposed, based on the Linear Regulator problem. The solution to the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-09 Alba Gurpegui , Mark Jeeninga , Emma Tegling , Anders Rantzer

Inspired by recent advances in agent communication with graph neural networks, this work proposes the representation of multi-agent communication capabilities as a directed labeled heterogeneous agent graph, in which node labels denote…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-11 Douglas De Rizzo Meneghetti , Reinaldo Augusto da Costa Bianchi

In this paper, a novel distributed optimization framework has been proposed. The key idea is to convert optimization problems into optimal control problems where the objective of each agent is to design the current control input minimizing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-04-01 Ziyuan Guo , Yue Sun , Yeming Xu , Liping Zhang , Huanshui Zhang

In this paper, we consider the problem of distributed reachable set computation for multi-agent systems (MASs) interacting over an undirected, stationary graph. A full state-feedback control input for such MASs depends no only on the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-11 Omanshu Thapliyal , Shanelle Clarke , Inseok Hwang

This paper studies distributed algorithms for the extended monotropic optimization problem, which is a general convex optimization problem with a certain separable structure. The considered objective function is the sum of local convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-04 Xianlin Zeng , Peng Yi , Yiguang Hong , Lihua Xie

This study addresses a distributed optimization with a novel class of coupling of variables, called clique-wise coupling. A clique is a node set of a complete subgraph of an undirected graph. This setup is an extension of pairwise coupled…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-04-24 Yuto Watanabe , Kazunori Sakurama

In this paper, we propose two novel decentralized optimization frameworks for multi-agent nonlinear optimal control problems in robotics. The aim of this work is to suggest architectures that inherit the computational efficiency and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-09 Augustinos D. Saravanos , Yuichiro Aoyama , Hongchang Zhu , Evangelos A. Theodorou

This paper investigates the distributed model predictive control for an asynchronous nonlinear multi-agent system with external interference via a self-triggered generator and a prediction horizon regulator. First, a shrinking constraint…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-21 Qianqian Chen , Shaoyuan Li

Multi-agent shepherding represents a challenging distributed control problem where herder agents must coordinate to guide independently moving targets to desired spatial configurations. Most existing control strategies assume cohesive…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-05 Italo Napolitano , Stefano Covone , Andrea Lama , Francesco De Lellis , Mario di Bernardo

Synchronization is a crucial phenomenon in many natural and artificial complex network systems. Applications include neuronal networks, formation control and coordination in robotics, and frequency synchronization in electrical power grids.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-24 Marco Coraggio , Pietro DeLellis , Mario di Bernardo

Recent progress in large language model (LLM)-based multi-agent collaboration highlights the power of structured communication in enabling collective intelligence. However, existing methods largely rely on static or graph-based inter-agent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Song Wang , Zhen Tan , Zihan Chen , Shuang Zhou , Tianlong Chen , Jundong Li

This paper addresses the problem of nonconvex nonsmooth decentralised optimisation in multi-agent networks with undirected connected communication graphs. Our contribution lies in introducing an algorithmic framework designed for the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-08 Behnam Mafakheri , Jonathan H. Manton , Iman Shames

Multi-agent systems are increasingly widespread in a range of application domains, with optimization and learning underpinning many of the tasks that arise in this context. Different approaches have been proposed to enable the cooperative…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-04 Nicola Bastianello , Luca Schenato , Ruggero Carli

We present a large language models (LLMs) based multi-agent system to automate the refactoring of Haskell codebases. The multi-agent system consists of specialized agents performing tasks such as context analysis, refactoring, validation,…

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

Distributed Optimization is an increasingly important subject area with the rise of multi-agent control and optimization. We consider a decentralized stochastic optimization problem where the agents on a graph aim to asynchronously optimize…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-10-22 Vyacheslav Kungurtsev , Mahdi Morafah , Tara Javidi , Gesualdo Scutari