Title :
Emergence of flocks with local interactions
Author :
Chen, Ge ; Liu, Zhixin
Author_Institution :
Key Lab. of Syst. & Control, Acad. of Math. & Syst. Sci., Beijing, China
Abstract :
In a recent paper, Cucker and Smale proposed a multi-agent model to study the flocking behavior, where they assume that all agents can interact with all other agents. Though this model attracted much attention of researchers, the global interactions used in that paper changed the nature of multi-agent systems. In this paper we will investigate a new flocking model, in which the global interactions between agents are replaced by local interaction functions. We will provide necessary conditions and sufficient conditions for consensus.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; flocking behavior; flocking model; flocks emergence; global interactions; local interaction functions; local interactions; multiagent model; multiagent systems; necessary conditions; sufficient conditions; Computational modeling; Equations; Estimation; Mathematical model; Multiagent systems; Synchronization; Topology; Cucker-Smale model; consensus; flocking; local interactions; smallest interaction radius;
Conference_Titel :
Intelligent Control and Automation (WCICA), 2012 10th World Congress on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1397-1
DOI :
10.1109/WCICA.2012.6359056
