• DocumentCode
    630611
  • Title

    Resilient continuous-time consensus in fractional robust networks

  • Author

    LeBlanc, Heath J. ; Haotian Zhang ; Sundaram, Suresh ; Koutsoukos, Xenofon

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OK, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-19 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1237
  • Lastpage
    1242
  • Abstract
    We study the continuous-time consensus problem in the presence of adversaries. The networked multi-agent system is modeled as a switched system, where the normal agents have integrator dynamics and the switching signal determines the topology of the network. We consider several models of omniscient adversaries under the assumption that at most a fraction of any normal agent´s neighbors may be adversaries. Under this assumption on the interaction between normal and adversary agents, we show that a novel graph theoretic metric, called fractional robustness, is useful for analyzing the network topologies under which the normal agents achieve consensus.
  • Keywords
    continuous time systems; graph theory; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; robust control; time-varying systems; adversary agents; fractional robust networks; fractional robustness; graph theoretic metric; integrator dynamics; mobile robot; network topology; networked multiagent system; normal agents; omniscient adversaries; resilient continuous-time consensus problem; switched system; switching signal; Biological system modeling; Computer crashes; Manganese; Network topology; Robots; Robustness; Trajectory;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    American Control Conference (ACC), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Washington, DC
  • ISSN
    0743-1619
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0177-7
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ACC.2013.6580005
  • Filename
    6580005