Cluster consensus of Boolean multi-agent systems

Author

Fangfei Li ; Yao Chen ; Jinhu Lu ; Hill, D.

Author_Institution

Inst. Syst. Sci., Acad. Math. Syst. Sci., Beijing, China

fYear

2013

fDate

23-26 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Consensus of the multi-agent systems (MASs) is ubiquitous in nature. Over the past decade, consensus of the MASs has received an increasing attention from various disciplines. Inspired by the cluster consensus of the discrete-time MAS, this paper aims at exploring the cluster consensus of the Boolean MAS and applies it to modeling the synchronous flashing of fireflies. Based on the graph theory and the Boolean matrix analysis, two cluster consensus criteria are established for the Boolean MASs with fixed and switching topologies. Furthermore, numerical simulations are also given to validate the effectiveness of these proposed criteria.

Keywords

Boolean algebra; graph theory; matrix algebra; multi-agent systems; pattern clustering; synchronisation; zoology; Boolean MAS; Boolean matrix analysis; Boolean multiagent systems; cluster consensus criteria; fireflies; fixed topologies; graph theory; numerical simulations; switching topologies; synchronous flashing; Biological system modeling; Graph theory; Multi-agent systems; Rhythm; Switches; Synchronization; Topology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Control Conference (ASCC), 2013 9th Asian

Conference_Location

Istanbul

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5767-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASCC.2013.6606403

Filename

6606403