A theoretical study of different leader roles in networks

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1156-1161

  Wang, Wei ^a   Slotine, Jean Jacques E ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adaptation; Group cooperation; Leaders; Networks; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; COMPUTER SUPPORTED COOPERATIVE WORK; DATA STRUCTURES; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ADAPTATION; DISTRIBUTED DYNAMIC NETWORKS; GROUP COOPERATION;

SYNCHRONIZATION;

EID: 33746077093     PISSN: 00189286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2006.878754     Document Type: Article

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