• DocumentCode
    2033200
  • Title

    Distributed synchronization algorithm for multi-agent system

  • Author

    Ren, Zhong ; Yamamoto, Shigeru

  • Author_Institution
    Grad. Sch. of Natural Sci. & Technol., Kanazawa Univ., Kanazawa, Japan
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    13-18 Sept. 2011
  • Firstpage
    1513
  • Lastpage
    1516
  • Abstract
    This paper provides a distributed algorithm to guarantee synchronization between agents for multi-agent systems. Motivated by vertex coloring from graph theory, we explore an approach based on tentative overlay as a condition mapping from interrelation and interaction between each agent, which equipped with local sensing and wireless communication capabilities. The objective of the proposed algorithms is to achieve synchronization, that is, making the most of cooperation of the agents in the multi-agent systems with network´s connectivity, while other than nearest neighbor information, our approach assumes no knowledge of global network topology. We provide analysis and design results for multi-agent networks in arbitrary dimensions topology. The novel correctness poof relies on proximity graphs and their properties. In addition, simulations are provided that demonstrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results, for which we show a distributed dynamic programming of multi-agent system.
  • Keywords
    distributed algorithms; graph colouring; multi-agent systems; network topology; radiocommunication; synchronisation; agent cooperation; condition mapping; distributed dynamic programming; distributed synchronization algorithm; graph theory; multiagent system; nearest neighbor information; network connectivity; network topology; proximity graph; tentative overlay; vertex coloring; wireless communication capability; Algorithm design and analysis; Color; Distributed algorithms; Multiagent systems; Network topology; Synchronization; Wireless sensor networks; Distributed control; Dynamic networks; Multi-agent systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    SICE Annual Conference (SICE), 2011 Proceedings of
  • Conference_Location
    Tokyo
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0714-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6060203