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In this paper the problem of driving the state of a network of identical agents, modeled by boundary-controlled heat equations, towards a common steady-state profile is addressed. Decentralized consensus protocols are proposed to address…

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This paper presents a novel problem of creating and regulating localization and navigation illusions considering two agents: a receiver and a producer. A receiver is moving on a plane localizing itself using the intensity of signals from…

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This paper studies the tracking control problem of networked multi-agent systems under both multiple networks and event-triggered mechanisms. Multiple networks are to connect multiple agents and reference systems with decentralized…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-03 Wei Ren , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Tracking multiple targets in dynamic environments using distributed sensor networks is a fundamental problem in statistical signal processing. In such scenarios, the network of mobile sensors must coordinate their actions to accurately…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-28 Aidan Blair , Amirali Khodadadian Gostar , Alireza Bab-Hadiashar , Xiaodong Li , Reza Hoseinnezhad

We consider the problem of estimating the states of a distributed network of nodes (targets) through a team of cooperating agents (sensors) persistently visiting the nodes so that an overall measure of estimation error covariance evaluated…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-14 Shirantha Welikala , Christos G. Cassandras

This study addresses the problem of calibrating network confidence while adapting a model that was originally trained on a source domain to a target domain using unlabeled samples from the target domain. The absence of labels from the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-09 Coby Penso , Jacob Goldberger

We consider a human-assisted autonomy sensor fusion for dynamic target localization in a Bayesian framework. Autonomous sensor-based tracking systems can suffer from observability and target detection failure. Humans possess valuable…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-08 Min-Won Seo , Solmaz S. Kia

In this article we consider the problems of distributed detection and estimation in wireless sensor networks. In the first part, we provide a general framework aimed to show how an efficient design of a sensor network requires a joint…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2013-07-08 Sergio Barbarossa , Stefania Sardellitti , Paolo Di Lorenzo

This report surveys results on distributed systems comprising mobile agents that are identical and anonymous, oblivious and interact solely by adjusting their motion according to the relative location of their neighbours. The agents are…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-02-06 Ariel Barel , Rotem Manor , Alfred M. Bruckstein

This paper investigates the consensus problem in almost sure sense for uncertain multi-agent systems with noises and fixed topology. By combining the tools of stochastic analysis, algebraic graph theory, and matrix theory, we analyze the…

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In this paper, we study consensus problem in multi-agent system with directed topology by event-triggered feedback control. That is, at each agent, the diffusion coupling feedbacks are based on the information from its latest observations…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2015-04-07 Xinlei Yi , Wenlian Lu , Tianping Chen

Data-target pairing is an important step towards multi-target localization for the intelligent operation of unmanned systems. Target localization plays a crucial role in numerous applications, such as search, and rescue missions, traffic…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-03-02 Kasthurirengan Suresh , Samuel Silva , Johnathan Votion , Yongcan Cao

Consensus problem of high-order integral multi-agent systems under switching directed topology is considered in this study. Depending on whether the agent's full state is available or not, two distributed protocols are proposed to ensure…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-04-16 Long Cheng , Zeng-Guang Hou , Min Tan

We address the problems of bearing-only consensus and formation control, where each agent can only measure the relative bearings of its neighbors and relative distances are not available. We provide stability results for the Filippov…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-24 Arman Karimian , Roberto Tron

The consensus problem for multi-agent systems with quantized communication or sensing is considered. Centralized and distributed self-triggered rules are proposed to reduce the overall need of communication and system updates. It is proved…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-04-15 Xinlei Yi , Jieqiang Wei , Karl H. Johansson

Consensus is a popular technique for distributed state estimation. This formulation allows networks of connected agents or sensors to exchange information about the distribution of a set of targets with their immediate neighbors without the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-03 Ishan Paranjape , Islam Hussein , Jeremy Murray-Krezan , Sean Phillips , Suman Chakravorty

This paper is concerned with bearing-based cooperative target entrapping control of multiple uncertain agents with arbitrary maneuvers including shape deformation, rotations, scalings, etc. A leader-follower structure is used, where the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-09 Haifan Su , Ziwen Yang , Shanying Zhu , Cailian Chen , Wenbin Yu

We investigate the problem of monitoring multiple targets using a single mobile sensor, with the goal of minimizing the maximum estimation error among all the targets over long time horizons. The sensor can move in a network-constrained…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-25 Samuel C. Pinto , Sean B. Andersson , Julien M. Hendrickx , Christos G. Cassandras

Gathering is a fundamental task for multi-agent systems and the problem has been studied under various assumptions on the sensing capabilities of mobile agents. This paper addresses the problem for a group of agents that are identical and…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-04-14 Ariel Barel , Thomas Dagès , Rotem Manor , Alfred M. Bruckstein

This paper addresses the multi-robot pursuit problem for an unknown target, encompassing both target state estimation and pursuit control. First, in state estimation, we focus on using only bearing information, as it is readily available…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-06-30 Jianan Li , Zhikun Wang , Susheng Ding , Shiliang Guo , Shiyu Zhao