Title :
Stochastic almost regulated output synchronization for heterogeneous time-varying networks with non-introspective agents and without exchange of controller states
Author :
Meirong Zhang ; Stoorvogel, Anton A. ; Saberi, Ali
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
Abstract :
We consider almost regulated output synchronization for heterogeneous directed networks with external stochastic disturbances where agents are non-introspective (i.e. agents have no access to their own states or outputs). A purely decentralized time-invariant protocol based on a low-and-high gain method is designed for each agent to achieve almost regulated output synchronization while reducing the impact of disturbances on the synchronization error. It is also shown that this protocol can work in the case of time-varying graphs.
Keywords :
multi-agent systems; multi-robot systems; network theory (graphs); stochastic systems; synchronisation; time-varying systems; controller state exchange; heterogeneous directed networks; heterogeneous time-varying networks; low-and-high gain method; non-introspective agents; purely decentralized time-invariant protocol; stochastic almost regulated output synchronization; synchronization error; time-varying graph; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Laplace equations; Network topology; Protocols; Switches; Synchronization; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference (ACC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8685-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2015.7170828