Title :
Flocking for multi-agent systems with switching topology in a noisy environment
Author :
Li, Zonggang ; Jia, Yingmin ; Du, Junping ; Yuan, Shiying
Author_Institution :
Div. of Seventh Res., Beihang Univ. (BUAA), Beijing
Abstract :
This paper considers the flocking of a class of multi-agent systems with switching topology in a noisy environment. We have shown that although the information is contaminated by variable noises, all agents can form and maintain flocking if the gradient of the environment is bounded and the interaction graphs are jointly connected. The proposed results reveal that the discussed multi-agent system with switching topology can maintain the flocking in the considered noisy environment.
Keywords :
graph theory; multi-agent systems; interaction graph; multiagent system; switching topology; Automotive engineering; Birds; Control systems; Delay effects; Marine animals; Mobile robots; Multiagent systems; Surveillance; Topology; Working environment noise;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference, 2008
Conference_Location :
Seattle, WA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2078-0
Electronic_ISBN :
0743-1619
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2008.4586476