Title :
A result on implicit consensus with application to emissions control
Author :
Knorn, Florian ; Corless, Martin J. ; Shorten, Robert N.
Author_Institution :
Hamilton Inst., Nat. Univ. of Ireland, Maynooth, Ireland
Abstract :
This paper is concerned with a class of decentralised control problems that arise in contemporary applications where agents cooperate to control and regulate a global quantity, are limited in the manner in which they communicate with each other, and are required to reach consensus on some implicit variable (for instance, CO2 emissions). An algorithm is presented for achieving this goal. A simplified application of the algorithm to emissions control for a fleet of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles (PHEVs) is given.
Keywords :
air pollution control; decentralised control; multi-agent systems; PHEV; decentralised control problem; emission control; global quantity control; global quantity regulation; implicit consensus; plug-in hybrid electric vehicle; Aggregates; Cities and towns; Combustion; Engines; Hybrid electric vehicles; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Decision and Control and European Control Conference (CDC-ECC), 2011 50th IEEE Conference on
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-61284-800-6
Electronic_ISBN :
0743-1546
DOI :
10.1109/CDC.2011.6160599
