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
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