DocumentCode
2064230
Title
Stability analysis of swarms in an environment with an attractant/repellent profile
Author
Gazi, Veysel ; Passino, Kevin M.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH, USA
Volume
3
fYear
2002
fDate
2002
Firstpage
1819
Abstract
In this article we specify an "individual-based" continuous time swarm model in n-dimensional space with an attractant/repellent profile. The motion of each individual is determined by three components: (i) attraction to the other individuals on long distances, (ii) repulsion from the other individuals on short distances, and (iii) attraction to the more favorable regions of the attractant/repellent profile. We study the stability properties of the collective behavior of the swarm for different profiles and provide conditions for collective convergence to more favorable regions of the profile.
Keywords
continuous time systems; decentralised control; optimisation; stability; attractant/repellent profile; continuous time swarm model; n-dimensional space; stability analysis of swarms; Ant colony optimization; Automatic control; Automotive engineering; Control systems; Convergence; Distributed control; Electronic mail; Microorganisms; Organisms; Stability analysis;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
American Control Conference, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002
ISSN
0743-1619
Print_ISBN
0-7803-7298-0
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ACC.2002.1023831
Filename
1023831
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