Title :
Consensus Problems of Multiagent Systems under Discrete Communication Structure
Author :
Xiao, Feng ; Wang, Long
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng. & Manage., Peking Univ., Beijing
Abstract :
In the study of consensus problems of continuous-time multiagent systems, continuous communication of state information among agents is rather a restrictive assumption. In this paper, we propose a discrete communication structure of multiagent systems, which allows for bounded time-varying communication delays, and derive a necessary and sufficient condition for the possession of consensus property. Examples are provided that demonstrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results
Keywords :
continuous time systems; delays; discrete systems; multi-agent systems; time-varying systems; bounded time-varying communication delays; consensus problems; continuous-time multiagent systems; discrete communication structure; state information; Communication system control; Control systems; Delay; Educational institutions; Graph theory; Multiagent systems; Network topology; Sufficient conditions; Time varying systems; USA Councils;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control, 2006 45th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-4244-0171-2
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2006.376956
