Title :
Non-deterministic reconfiguration of tree formations
Author :
McNew, John-Michael ; Klavins, Eric
Author_Institution :
Grad. Student in Electr. Eng., Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA
Abstract :
We consider a network of mobile agents in an initially unknown acyclic network configuration and the problem of reconfiguring them into a desired network topology and formation geometry while maintaining connectivity in an asynchronous network. We model the system and solution as an embedded graph grammar and use a method of lexicographically ordered Lyapunov functions to show the system converges non-deterministically regardless of the initial network structure and the order of the communication events.
Keywords :
Lyapunov methods; graph grammars; mobile robots; trees (mathematics); asynchronous network; embedded graph grammar; formation geometry; lexicographically ordered Lyapunov functions; mobile agents; network topology; Communication system control; Control systems; Geometry; Lyapunov method; Military aircraft; Mobile agents; Mobile communication; Network topology; Protocols; Robust control;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2008
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2078-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0743-1619
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2008.4586573