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This paper considers the distributed consensus problem of multi-agent systems with general continuous-time linear dynamics. Two distributed adaptive dynamic consensus protocols are proposed, based on the relative output information of…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-01-20 Zhongkui Li , Xiangdong Liu , Wei Ren , Lihua Xie

In this paper, we consider the consensus problem of hybrid multi-agent system. First, the hybrid multi-agent system is proposed which is composed of continuous-time and discrete-time dynamic agents. Then, three kinds of consensus protocols…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-12-11 Yuanshi Zheng , Jingying Ma , Long Wang

A broad set of empirical phenomenon in the study of social, economic and machine behaviour can be modelled as complex systems with averaging dynamics. However many of these models naturally result in consensus or consensus-like outcomes. In…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-07-03 Orowa Sikder

In this paper, the behavior of scalar multi-agent systems over networks subject to time-driven jumps. Assuming that all agents communicate through distinct communication digraphs at jump and flow times, the asymptotic multi-consensus…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-28 Andrea Cristofaro , Mattia Mattioni

Multi-agent systems cooperation to achieve global goals is usually limited by sensing, actuation, and communication issues. At the local level, continuous measurement and actuation is only approximated by the use of digital mechanisms that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-11-18 Eloy Garcia , Yongcan Cao , David W. Casbeer

We study a simple continuous-time multi-agent system related to Krause's model of opinion dynamics: each agent holds a real value, and this value is continuously attracted by every other value differing from it by less than 1, with an…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-07-28 Vincent D. Blondel , Julien M. Hendrickx , John N. Tsitsiklis

This paper addresses the problem of navigation control of a general class of uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems in a bounded workspace of $\mathbb{R}^n$ with static obstacles. In particular, we propose a decentralized control protocol…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Alexandros Filotheou , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Representation of a swarm of independent robotic agents under graph-theoretic constructs allows for more formal analysis of convergence properties. We consider the local and global convergence behavior of an N-member swarm of agents in a…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2010-10-26 Gregory K. Fricke , Bruce W. Rogers , Devendra P. Garg

This paper addresses the distributed prescribed-time leader-following consensus problem for a class of high-order multi-agent systems (MASs) with perturbed nonlinear agents dynamics and where the topology of the network contains a directed…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-15 J. Armando Colunga , Héctor M. Becerra , Carlos R. Vázquez , David Gómez-Gutiérrez

This paper proposes a reinforcement learning (RL)-based backstepping control strategy to achieve fixed time consensus in nonlinear multi-agent systems with strict feedback dynamics. Agents exchange only output information with their…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-07-23 Aria Delshad , Maryam Babazadeh

We consider stationary consensus protocols for networks of dynamic agents with switching topologies. The measure of the neighbors' state is affected by Unknown But Bounded disturbances. Here the main contribution is the formulation and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Dario Bauso , Laura Giarré , Raffaele Pesenti

In this paper, we consider a robust consensus tracking problem of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with time-varying interconnection topologies. Based on common Lyapunov function and internal model techniques, both state and output…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-08-14 Yutao Tang

This work addresses the output consensus problem of constrained heterogeneous multi-agent systems under a switching network with potential communication delays, where outputs are periodic and characterized by an exosystem. Since periodic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Shibo Han , Bonan Hou , Chong Jin Ong

We investigate consensus dynamics on temporal hypergraphs that encode network systems with time-dependent, multi-way interactions. We compare this dynamics with that on appropriate projections of this higher-order network representation…

Physics and Society · Physics 2021-12-22 Leonie Neuhäuser , Renaud Lambiotte , Michael T. Schaub

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 study settings in which agents with incomplete preferences need to make a collective decision. We focus on a process of majority dynamics where issues are addressed one at a time and undecided agents follow the opinion of the majority.…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Sirin Botan , Simon Rey , Zoi Terzopoulou

This work considers the problem of resilient consensus where stochastic values of trust between agents are available. Specifically, we derive a unified mathematical framework to characterize convergence, deviation of the consensus from the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-07 Michal Yemini , Angelia Nedić , Andrea Goldsmith , Stephanie Gil

Guaranteed-cost consensus for high-order nonlinear multi-agent networks with switching topologies is investigated. By constructing a time-varying nonsingular matrix with a specific structure, the whole dynamics of multi-agent networks is…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-02-23 Jianxiang Xi , Zhiliang Fan , Hao Liu , Tang Zheng

We investigate convergence properties of a proposed distributed model predictive control (DMPC) scheme, where agents negotiate to compute an optimal consensus point using an incremental subgradient method based on primal decomposition as…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2008-03-03 Tamas Keviczky , Karl Henrik Johansson

This paper addresses the robust consensus problem under switching topologies. Contrary to existing methods, the proposed approach provides decentralized protocols that achieve consensus for networked multi-agent systems in a predefined…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-02 R. Aldana-López , D. Gómez-Gutiérrez , M. Defoort , J. D. Sánchez-Torres , A. J. Muñoz-Vázquez