DocumentCode
722972
Title
Distributed consensus networks of neutral type
Author
Somarakis, Christoforos ; Baras, John S.
Author_Institution
Appl. Math. Dept., Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
fYear
2015
fDate
16-19 June 2015
Firstpage
1033
Lastpage
1038
Abstract
We propose and study a network of autonomous agents which evolve their state under a distributed consensus algorithm of non-linear neutral type. We provide sufficient conditions for convergence to a common consensus point, by means of a stability in variation argument and fixed point theory. Our approach provides both an estimation on the rate of convergence and an implicit expression for the consensus point.
Keywords
convergence; distributed control; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; nonlinear control systems; stability; autonomous agent network; common consensus point convergence; consensus point; convergence rate estimation; fixed-point theory; implicit expression; neutral-type distributed consensus networks; nonlinear neutral type; stability; sufficient conditions; variation argument; Asymptotic stability; Convergence; Differential equations; Extraterrestrial measurements; Heuristic algorithms; Stability analysis; Consensus systems; distributed delays; fixed point theory; stability and rate of convergence;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Control and Automation (MED), 2015 23th Mediterranean Conference on
Conference_Location
Torremolinos
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MED.2015.7158893
Filename
7158893
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