Consensus of Multi-Agent Networks With Aperiodic Sampled Communication Via Impulsive Algorithms Using Position-Only Measurements

Author

Liu, Zhi-Wei ; Guan, Zhi-Hong ; Shen, Xuemin ; Feng, Gang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Control Sci. & Eng., Huazhong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Wuhan, China

Volume

57

Issue

10

fYear

2012

Firstpage

2639

Lastpage

2643

Abstract

In this technical note, an impulsive consensus algorithm is proposed for second-order continuous-time multi-agent networks with switching topology. The communication among agents occurs at sampling instants based on position only measurements. By using the property of stochastic matrices and algebraic graph theory, some sufficient conditions are obtained to ensure the consensus of the controlled multi-agent network if the communication graph has a spanning tree jointly. A numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.

Keywords

matrix algebra; multi-agent systems; trees (mathematics); algebraic graph theory; aperiodic sampled communication; communication graph; impulsive algorithms; impulsive consensus algorithm; position only measurements; position-only measurements; sampling instants; second-order continuous-time multiagent networks; spanning tree; stochastic matrices; switching topology; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Heuristic algorithms; Multiagent systems; Network topology; Stochastic processes; Switches; Topology; Aperiodic sampled information; consensus; impulsive algorithms; multi-agent networks;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9286

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TAC.2012.2214451

Filename

6276239