Title : 
Multi-agent coordination of networked mobile agents with hierarchical dynamic graph
         
        
            Author : 
Wu, Jianxin ; Hong, Yiguang ; Shi, Guodong
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Key Lab. of Syst. & Control, Chinese Acad. of Sci., Beijing
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
In this paper, we discuss the collective behaviors of a group of autonomous agents. Hierarchical analysis and control are considered to explore the evolution and coordination controllability of multi-agent systems. Multi-agent grouping and interaction structures are investigated with help of graph and lattice theory. By extending the existing works on dynamic graphs, we establish a hierarchical model to describe multi-agent coordination controllability with the consistence between high-level graph dynamics and low-level agent dynamics.
         
        
            Keywords : 
graph theory; lattice theory; mobile agents; multi-agent systems; autonomous agents; coordination controllability; hierarchical dynamic graph; lattice theory; multiagent coordination; networked mobile agents; Automation; Autonomous agents; Control systems; Controllability; Graph theory; Intelligent control; Laboratories; Lattices; Mobile agents; Multiagent systems; Multi-agent systems; coordination controllability; dynamic graph; hierarchical structure;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Intelligent Control and Automation, 2008. WCICA 2008. 7th World Congress on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Chongqing
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2113-8
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
978-1-4244-2114-5
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/WCICA.2008.4594217