Mean-field models in swarm robotics: A survey

K Elamvazhuthi, S Berman - Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
We present a survey on the application of fluid approximations, in the form of mean-field
models, to the design of control strategies in swarm robotics. Mean-field models that consist …

Multiscale modeling of granular flows with application to crowd dynamics

E Cristiani, B Piccoli, A Tosin - Multiscale Modeling & Simulation, 2011 - SIAM
In this paper a new multiscale modeling technique is proposed. It relies on a recently
introduced measure-theoretic approach, which allows one to manage the microscopic and …

Convergence of type-symmetric and cut-balanced consensus seeking systems

JM Hendrickx, JN Tsitsiklis - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider continuous-time consensus seeking systems whose time-dependent
interactions are cut-balanced, in the following sense: if a group of agents influences the …

Continuous-time average-preserving opinion dynamics with opinion-dependent communications

VD Blondel, JM Hendrickx, JN Tsitsiklis - SIAM Journal on Control and …, 2010 - SIAM
We study a simple continuous-time multiagent system related to Krause's model of opinion
dynamics: each agent holds a real value, and this value is continuously attracted by every …

Multi-agent deployment in 3-D via PDE control

J Qi, R Vazquez, M Krstic - IEEE Transactions on Automatic …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper introduces a methodology for modelling, analysis, and control design of a large-
scale system of agents deployed in 3-D space. The agents' communication graph is a mesh …

Time-evolving measures and macroscopic modeling of pedestrian flow

B Piccoli, A Tosin - Archive for Rational Mechanics and Analysis, 2011 - Springer
This paper introduces a new model of pedestrian flow, formulated within a measure-
theoretic framework. It consists of a macroscopic representation of the system via a family of …

Probabilistic and distributed control of a large-scale swarm of autonomous agents

S Bandyopadhyay, SJ Chung… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present a distributed control algorithm simultaneously solving both the stochastic target
assignment and optimal motion control for large-scale swarms to achieve complex formation …

Pedestrian flows in bounded domains with obstacles

B Piccoli, A Tosin - Continuum Mechanics and Thermodynamics, 2009 - Springer
In this paper, we systematically apply the mathematical structures by time-evolving
measures developed in a previous work to the macroscopic modeling of pedestrian flows …

Control of the continuity equation with a non local flow

RM Colombo, M Herty, M Mercier - ESAIM: Control, Optimisation and …, 2011 - cambridge.org
This paper focuses on the analytical properties of the solutions to the continuity equation
with non local flow. Our driving examples are a supply chain model and an equation for the …

An Eulerian approach to the analysis of Krause's consensus models

C Canuto, F Fagnani, P Tilli - SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization, 2012 - SIAM
In this paper we analyze a class of multiagent consensus dynamical systems inspired by
Krause's original model. As in Krause's model, the basic assumption is the so-called …