Title : 
Control of multiagent systems under persistent disturbances
         
        
            Author : 
Yucelen, Tansel ; Egerstedt, M.
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Aerosp. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
This paper focuses on the consensus and formation problems of multiagent systems under unknown, persistent disturbances. Specifically, we propose a method that combines an existing consensus (or formation) algorithm with a new controller. The new controller has an integral action that produces a control input based on an error signal locally projected onto the column space of the graph Laplacian. This action allows agents to achieve a consensus or a predetermined formation objective under constant or time-varying disturbances.
         
        
            Keywords : 
graph theory; multi-robot systems; time-varying systems; consensus problems; error signal; formation problems; graph Laplacian column space; integral action; multiagent control system; persistent disturbances; time-varying disturbances; Artificial neural networks; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Laplace equations; Multiagent systems; Stability analysis; Symmetric matrices; Vectors;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
American Control Conference (ACC), 2012
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Montreal, QC
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4577-1095-7
         
        
            Electronic_ISBN : 
0743-1619
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ACC.2012.6314791