Title :
Resilient continuous-time consensus in fractional robust networks
Author :
LeBlanc, Heath J. ; Haotian Zhang ; Sundaram, Suresh ; Koutsoukos, Xenofon
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Ohio Northern Univ., Ada, OK, USA
Abstract :
We study the continuous-time consensus problem in the presence of adversaries. The networked multi-agent system is modeled as a switched system, where the normal agents have integrator dynamics and the switching signal determines the topology of the network. We consider several models of omniscient adversaries under the assumption that at most a fraction of any normal agent´s neighbors may be adversaries. Under this assumption on the interaction between normal and adversary agents, we show that a novel graph theoretic metric, called fractional robustness, is useful for analyzing the network topologies under which the normal agents achieve consensus.
Keywords :
continuous time systems; graph theory; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; robust control; time-varying systems; adversary agents; fractional robust networks; fractional robustness; graph theoretic metric; integrator dynamics; mobile robot; network topology; networked multiagent system; normal agents; omniscient adversaries; resilient continuous-time consensus problem; switched system; switching signal; Biological system modeling; Computer crashes; Manganese; Network topology; Robots; Robustness; Trajectory;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference (ACC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Washington, DC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0177-7
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2013.6580005