Title :
Rendezvous with multiple, intermittent leaders
Author :
Notarstefano, G. ; Egerstedt, M. ; Haque, M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Eng., Univ. of Lecce, Lecce, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we study bipartite, first order-networks where the nodes take on leader or follower roles. In particular, we let the leaders´ positions be static and assume that they are only intermittently visible to the followers. This is an assumption that is inspired by the way female silkworm moths only intermittently release pheromones to be detected by the males. The main result in this paper states that if the followers execute the linear agreement protocol, they will converge to the convex hull spanned by the leaders (may they be visible or not).
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; multi-robot systems; network theory (graphs); bipartite first order networks; convex hull; female silkworm moths; follower roles; intermittent leaders; leader roles; linear agreement protocol; multi-agent robotics; swarming behaviors; Animals; Biological control systems; Biological system modeling; Control systems; Geometry; Insects; Protocols; Robots; Solid modeling; Switched systems;
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
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3871-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0191-2216
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2009.5400560