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Distributed dynamic control for leaderless multi‐agent consensus with star‐like topology
Author(s) -
Hu Jiangping,
Hong Yiguang,
Feng Gang
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
asian journal of control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.769
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1934-6093
pISSN - 1561-8625
DOI - 10.1002/asjc.21
Subject(s) - controller (irrigation) , star (game theory) , state (computer science) , multi agent system , topology (electrical circuits) , control (management) , computer science , consensus , distributed computing , group (periodic table) , scheme (mathematics) , star network , network topology , control theory (sociology) , engineering , mathematics , computer network , artificial intelligence , algorithm , physics , electrical engineering , mathematical analysis , quantum mechanics , agronomy , biology , ring network
In this paper, we consider a consensus problem of a group of mobile agents interconnected by a star‐like topology. Not all the state variables of the agent in the center of the group are available for its neighbors. A distributed controller together with a local state‐estimation rule is given for each agent who has to estimate the unmeasurable velocity. Then, with help of virtual equivalent agents, we prove that, with the proposed control scheme, the group of agents can reach its consensus. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley and Sons Asia Pte Ltd and Chinese Automatic Control Society