Finite-time rendezvous algorithms for mobile autonomous agents

Author

Hui, Qing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng., Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX, USA

fYear

2009

fDate

15-18 Dec. 2009

Firstpage

3063

Lastpage

3068

Abstract

This paper focuses on finite-time rendezvous problems. Here finite-time rendezvous refers to agreement on states in finite time within certain communication range. Using semistability theory for discontinuous dynamical systems, we develop a framework for designing finite-time semistable rendezvous protocols for multiagent dynamical systems. Specifically, we present distributed switching static and dynamic output feedback controller architectures for multiagent rendezvous.

Keywords

distributed control; feedback; mobile agents; multi-agent systems; stability; time-varying systems; discontinuous dynamical system; distributed switching static output feedback controller architecture; dynamic output feedback controller architecture; finite-time semistable rendezvous protocol; mobile autonomous agents; multiagent dynamical system; multiagent rendezvous; semistability theory; Asymptotic stability; Autonomous agents; Communication switching; Communication system control; Control systems; Mobile communication; Multiagent systems; Network topology; Protocols; Vehicle dynamics;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Decision and Control, 2009 held jointly with the 2009 28th Chinese Control Conference. CDC/CCC 2009. Proceedings of the 48th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

ISSN

0191-2216

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3871-6

Electronic_ISBN

0191-2216

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CDC.2009.5399895

Filename

5399895