• DocumentCode
    2822329
  • Title

    Optimal strategies in the average consensus problem

  • Author

    Delvenne, Jean-Charles ; Carli, Raffaele

  • Author_Institution
    Imperial Coll. London, London
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    12-14 Dec. 2007
  • Firstpage
    2498
  • Lastpage
    2503
  • Abstract
    We prove that for a set of communicating agents to compute the average of their initial positions (average consensus problem), the optimal topology of communication is given by a de Bruijn´s graph. Consensus is then reached in a finitely many steps. A more general family of strategies, constructed by block Kronecker products, is investigated and compared to Cayley strategies.
  • Keywords
    graph theory; linear quadratic control; multi-robot systems; position control; Bruijn graph; agent position; average consensus problem; block Kronecker product; communicating agents; linear quadratic regulator; optimal strategy; optimal topology; Communication system control; Convergence; Distributed control; Graph theory; Optimal control; Remotely operated vehicles; Topology; USA Councils; Underwater vehicles; Wireless sensor networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Decision and Control, 2007 46th IEEE Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    New Orleans, LA
  • ISSN
    0191-2216
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-1497-0
  • Electronic_ISBN
    0191-2216
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CDC.2007.4434483
  • Filename
    4434483