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This paper addresses a resilient exponential distributed convex optimization problem for a heterogeneous linear multi-agent system under Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks over random digraphs. The random digraphs are caused by unreliable…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-05-07 Zhi Feng , Guoqiang Hu

Based on the practical scenario where collisions in formation control may lead to agent damage, this paper investigates the integrated problem of distance-based formation control and collision avoidance for multi-agent systems governed by…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-05-19 Jingyi Zhao , Yongxin Wu , Héctor García de Marina , Yuhu Wu , Yann Le Gorrec

A mechanism to derive non-repetitive coverage path solutions with a proven minimal number of discontinuities is proposed in this work, with the aim to avoid unnecessary, costly end effector lift-offs for manipulators. The problem is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-01-28 Tong Yang , Jaime Valls Miro , Qianen Lai , Yue Wang , Rong Xiong

The implementation of optimization-based motion coordination approaches in real world multi-agent systems remains challenging due to their high computational complexity and potential deadlocks. This paper presents a distributed model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-06-03 Hongyu Zhou , Changliu Liu

Conventional distributed approaches to coverage control may suffer from lack of convergence and poor performance, due to the fact that agents have limited information, especially in non-convex discrete environments. To address this issue,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Tatsuya Iwase , Aurélie Beynier , Nicolas Bredeche , Nicolas Maudet , Jason R. Marden

Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS) dynamically control signal propagation to enhance wireless communications. This paper presents a novel framework for rotatable RIS assisted physical-layer multicast systems, aiming to maximize the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Ji Wang , Jiayu Tian , Lijuan Qin , Kunrui Cao , Hongbo Xu , Xingwang Li , Tony. Q. S. Quek

This paper presents a novel coverage control algorithm for multi-agent systems, where each agent has no prior knowledge of the specific region to be covered. The proposed method enables agents to autonomously detect the target area and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-30 Jie Song , Yang Bai , Mikhail Svinin , Naoki Wakamiya

This paper studies the problem of steering large-scale multi-agent stochastic linear systems between Gaussian distributions under probabilistic collision avoidance constraints. We introduce a family of \textit{distributed covariance…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-07 Augustinos D. Saravanos , Isin M. Balci , Arshiya Taj Abdul , Efstathios Bakolas , Evangelos A. Theodorou

This paper proposes a method for the deployment of a multi-agent system of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as a shield with potential applications in the protection of infrastructures. The shield shape is modeled as a quadric surface in the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 María Guinaldo , José Sánchez-Moreno , Salvador Zaragoza , Francisco José Mañas-Álvarez

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has gained much traction due to its potential to manipulate the propagation environment via nearly-passive reconfigurable elements. In our previous work, we have analyzed and proposed a beyond…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-29 Hongyu Li , Shanpu Shen , Bruno Clerckx

Deformable fractured porous media appear in many geoscience applications. While the extended finite element (XFEM) has been successfully developed within the computational mechanics community for accurate modeling of the deformation, its…

Computational Physics · Physics 2021-04-07 Fanxiang Xu , Hadi Hajibeygi , Lambertus J. Sluys

Perception still remains a challenging problem for autonomous navigation in unknown environment, especially for aerial vehicles. Most mapping algorithms for autonomous navigation are specifically designed for their very intended task, which…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-25 Jinche La , Jun-Gill Kang , Dasol Lee

In this paper, we revisit the distributed coverage control problem with multiple robots on both metric graphs and in non-convex continuous environments. Traditionally, the solutions provided for this problem converge to a locally optimal…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-05-07 Armin Sadeghi , Ahmad Bilal Asghar , Stephen L. Smith

Distributed formation maneuver control refers to the problem of maneuvering a group of agents to change their formation shape by adjusting the motions of partial agents, where the controller of each agent only requires local information…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-21 Tao He , Gangshan Jing

Object manipulation is a fundamental challenge in robotics, where systems must balance trade-offs among manipulation capabilities, system complexity, and throughput. Distributed manipulator systems (DMS) use the coordinated motion of…

The reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) is one of the promising technologies contributing to the next generation smart radio environment. A novel physics-based RIS channel model is proposed. Particularly, we consider the RIS and the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-04 Jiaqi Xu , Yuanwei Liu

Distributed, scalable, and safe control of large-scale multi-agent systems is a challenging problem. In this paper, we design a distributed framework for safe multi-agent control in large-scale environments with obstacles, where a large…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-10 Songyuan Zhang , Oswin So , Kunal Garg , Chuchu Fan

The paper provides a framework for the assessment and optimization of the total risk of complex distributed systems. The framework takes into account the risk of each agent, which may arise from heterogeneous sources, as well as the risk…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-09 Aray Almen , Darinka Dentcheva

We study the problem of distributed coverage control in a network of mobile agents arranged on a line. The goal is to design distributed dynamics for the agents to achieve optimal coverage positions with respect to a scalar density field…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-11-25 P. Davison , N. E. Leonard , A. Olshevsky , M. Schwemmer

This paper proposes a distributed model predicted control (DMPC) approach for consensus control of multi-agent systems (MASs) with linear agent dynamics and bounded control input constraints. Within the proposed DMPC framework, each agent…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-09-16 Yougang Bian , Changkun Du , Manjiang Hu , Haikuo Liu