Title :
Collective Behavior of Dynamic Swarm with General Topology and Complex Communication Time-Delays
Author :
Li, Huan ; Liu, Bo
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Sci., North China Univ. of Technol., Beijing, China
Abstract :
This paper presents a complex interaction delayed swarm model with a general topology to study the collective behavior of a group of autonomous agents using the nearest neighbor rulers in the presence of communication delays. It is proved that under certain conditions the swarm members will converge to a finite region around the swarm weighted center and move together in a cohesive cluster following the motion of the weighted center. For general cases, the delayed swarm may display more complex dynamics, including oscillation and divergence, depending on the delay values. This suggests that the time delay may have significant consequence in the collective dynamics of swarms.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; autonomous agent; complex communication time-delay; complex interaction delayed swarm; divergence; dynamic swarm collective behavior; general topology; multiagent system; nearest neighbor ruler; oscillation; Autonomous agents; Control systems; Delay effects; Displays; Educational institutions; Numerical simulation; Stability; Symmetric matrices; Topology; Vehicle dynamics; Aggregation; Cohesion; Collective behavior; Multi-agent systems; Swarms; Time delays;
Conference_Titel :
INC, IMS and IDC, 2009. NCM '09. Fifth International Joint Conference on
Conference_Location :
Seoul
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5209-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7695-3769-6
DOI :
10.1109/NCM.2009.408