Coordinated Tracking in Mean Square for a Multi-Agent System With Noisy Channels and Switching Directed Network Topologies

Author

Fei Chen ; Linying Xiang ; Weiyao Lan ; Guanrong Chen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Autom., Xiamen Univ., Xiamen, China

Volume

59

Issue

11

fYear

2012

Firstpage

835

Lastpage

839

Abstract

In this brief, a coordinated tracking control problem for a multi-agent system with noisy communication channels is considered under a leader-follower framework. Two control gain functions are designed, where the first one is used to attenuate the noise effect and the second is used to stabilize the system. Using tools from the algebraic graph theory and stochastic analysis, it is proved that, even over a switching directed network topology, the followers can track the leader in mean square.

Keywords

algebra; graph theory; multi-agent systems; stability; stochastic processes; telecommunication channels; topology; tracking; algebraic graph theory; coordinated tracking control problem; gain functions; leader-follower framework; mean square; multi-agent system; noisy communication channels; stochastic analysis; switching directed network topologies; Convergence; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Noise; Noise measurement; Stability analysis; Switches; Symmetric matrices; Coordinated tracking; leader–follower network; multi-agent system; noisy channel; switching directed network;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1549-7747

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/TCSII.2012.2218395

Filename

6341061