An overview of recent progress in the study of distributed multi-agent coordination

Y Cao, W Yu, W Ren, G Chen - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews some main results and progress in distributed multi-agent coordination,
focusing on papers published in major control systems and robotics journals since 2006 …

Multi-agent cooperative control consensus: A comparative review

MM Gulzar, STH Rizvi, MY Javed, U Munir, H Asif - Electronics, 2018 - mdpi.com
Cooperative control consensus is one of the most actively studied topics within the realm of
multi-agent systems. It generally aims to drive multi-agent systems to achieve a common …

[ΒΙΒΛΙΟ][B] Distributed control of robotic networks: a mathematical approach to motion coordination algorithms

F Bullo, J Cortés, S Martinez - 2009 - books.google.com
This self-contained introduction to the distributed control of robotic networks offers a
distinctive blend of computer science and control theory. The book presents a broad set of …

Delay robustness in consensus problems

U Münz, A Papachristodoulou, F Allgöwer - Automatica, 2010 - Elsevier
We investigate the robustness of consensus schemes for linear Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)
to feedback delays. To achieve this, we develop a unified framework that considers linear …

Finite-time consensus for multi-agent networks with unknown inherent nonlinear dynamics

Y Cao, W Ren - Automatica, 2014 - Elsevier
The objective of this paper is to analyze the finite-time convergence of a nonlinear but
continuous consensus algorithm for multi-agent networks with unknown inherent nonlinear …

Quantized average consensus via dynamic coding/decoding schemes

R Carli, F Bullo, S Zampieri - International Journal of Robust …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
In the average consensus a set of linear systems has to be driven to the same final state,
which corresponds to the average of their initial states. This mathematical problem can be …

Distributed coordination of multi-agent systems with quantized-observer based encoding-decoding

T Li, L **e - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Integrative design of communication mechanism and coordinated control law is an
interesting and important problem for multi-agent networks. In this paper, we consider …

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 …

Quantized leaderless and leader-following consensus of high-order multi-agent systems with limited data rate

Z Qiu, L **e, Y Hong - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Distributed consensus with limited communication data rate is an interesting and important
problem and has been studied for multi-agent networks with the first order and second order …

Leader-enabled deployment onto planar curves: A PDE-based approach

P Frihauf, M Krstic - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We introduce an approach for stable deployment of agents onto families of planar curves,
namely, 1-D formations in 2-D space. The agents' collective dynamics are modeled by the …