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We study the problem of resilient consensus of sampled-data multi-agent networks with double-integrator dynamics. The term resilient points to algorithms considering the presence of attacks by faulty/malicious agents in the network. Each…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-01-17 Seyed Mehran Dibaji , Hideaki Ishii

Communication has been widely employed to enhance multi-agent collaboration. Previous research has typically assumed delay-free communication, a strong assumption that is challenging to meet in practice. However, real-world agents suffer…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-01-10 Shoucheng Song , Youfang Lin , Sheng Han , Chang Yao , Hao Wu , Shuo Wang , Kai Lv

Consensus of autonomous agents is a benchmark problem in multi-agent control. In this paper, we consider continuous-time averaging consensus policies (or Laplacian flows) and their discrete-time counterparts over time-varying graphs in…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-18 Anton V. Proskurnikov , Giuseppe Carlo Calafiore

This paper proposes two nonlinear dynamics to solve constrained distributed optimization problem for resource allocation over a multi-agent network. In this setup, coupling constraint refers to resource-demand balance which is preserved at…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-30 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Alireza Aghasi , Maria Vrakopoulou , Hamid R. Rabiee , Usman A. Khan , Themistoklis Charalambou

Achieving safety in autonomous multi-agent systems, particularly in time-critical tasks like rendezvous, is a critical challenge. In this paper, we propose a distributionally robust risk framework for analyzing cascading failures in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-01 Vivek Pandey , Nader Motee

This paper focuses on analyzing the finite-time convergence of a nonlinear consensus algorithm for multi-agent networks with unknown inherent nonlinear dynamics. Due to the existence of the unknown inherent nonlinear dynamics, the stability…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-21 Yongcan Cao , Wei Ren

We develop a framework for studying and quantifying the risk of cascading failures in time-delay consensus networks, motivated by a team of agents attempting temporal rendezvous under stochastic disturbances and communication delays. To…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-08 Guangyi Liu , Vivek Pandey , Christoforos Somarakis , Nader Motee

We consider consensus of multi-agent systems as a dual problem to Markov processes. Based on an exchange of relevant notions and results between the two fields, we present a uniform framework which admits the introduction and treatment of…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Fatihcan M. Atay

The present paper is devoted to the study of average consensus problems for undirected networks of dynamic agents having communication delays. The accent is put here on the study of the time-delays influence: both constant and time-varying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-02 Pierre-Alexandre Bliman , Giancarlo Ferrari-Trecate

This paper studies a consensus problem in multidimensional networks having the same agent-to-agent interaction pattern under both intra- and cross-layer time delays. Several conditions for the agents to asymptotically reach a consensus are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-01 Hoang Huy Vu , Quyen Ngoc Nguyen , Tuynh Van Pham , Chuong Van Nguyen , Minh Hoang Trinh

This paper addresses the consensus problem of first-order continuous-time multi-agent systems over undirected graphs. Each agent samples relative state measurements in a self-triggered fashion and transmits the sum of the measurements to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-17 Masashi Wakaiki

This brief note complements some results regarding a recently developed technique for the stability analysis of linear time-invariant, time delay systems using the matrix Lambert W function. By means of a numeric example, it is shown that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-14 Rudy Cepeda-Gomez

This paper provides a framework to characterize the gain margin, phase margin, and maximum input delay margin of a linear time-invariant multi-agent system where the interaction topology is described by a graph with a directed spanning…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-12-08 Rajnish Bhusal , Kamesh Subbarao

This paper studies the consensus problem for multiagent systems with transmission constraints. A novel model of multiagent systems is proposed where the information transmissions between agents are disturbed by irregular distortions or…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-06-30 Xiaotian Wang , Housheng Su

The paper presents a result which relates connectedness of the interaction graphs in a multi-agent systems with the capability for global convergence to a common equilibrium of the system. In particular we extend a previously known result…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 David Angeli , Pierre-Alexandre Bliman

This paper presents a distributed position synchronization strategy that also preserves the initial communication links for single-integrator multi-agent systems with time-varying delays. The strategy employs a coordinating proportional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-23 Yuan Yang , Yang Shi , Daniela Constantinescu

We analyze stability of consensus algorithms in networks of multi-agents with time-varying topologies and delays. The topology and delays are modeled as induced by an adapted process and are rather general, including i.i.d.\ topology…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-06-07 Wenlian Lu , Fatihcan M. Atay , Jurgen Jost

Adaptive guaranteed-performance consensus control problems for multi-agent systems are investigated, where the adjustable convergence speed is discussed. This paper firstly proposes a novel adaptive guaranteed-performance consensus…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-06-12 Hai-Ying Ma , Xiao Jia , Ning Cai , Jian-Xiang Xi

This paper studies a consensus protocol over a group of agents driven by second order dynamics. The communication among members of the group is assumed to be directed and affected by two rationally independent time delays, one in the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-07-04 Rudy Cepeda-Gomez , Nejat Olgac

In this paper, a distributed velocity-constrained consensus problem is studied for discrete-time multi-agent systems, where each agent's velocity is constrained to lie in a nonconvex set. A distributed constrained control algorithm is…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-05 Peng Lin , Wei Ren , Huijun Gao