DocumentCode
1180456
Title
Stability analysis of swarms
Author
Gazi, Veysel ; Passino, Kevin M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Volume
48
Issue
4
fYear
2003
fDate
4/1/2003 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
692
Lastpage
697
Abstract
In this note, we specify an "individual-based" continuous-time model for swarm aggregation in n-dimensional space and study its stability properties. We show that the individuals (autonomous agents or biological creatures) will form a cohesive swarm in a finite time. Moreover, we obtain an explicit bound on the swarm size, which depends only on the parameters of the swarm model.
Keywords
multi-agent systems; multidimensional systems; stability; autonomous agents; biological creatures; cohesive swarm; individual-based continuous-time model; multidimensional space; stability analysis; swarm aggregation; Automatic control; Control systems; Delay; Digital control; Open loop systems; Optimal control; Riccati equations; Sampling methods; Stability analysis; Three-term control;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9286
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/TAC.2003.809765
Filename
1193757
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