Consensus control for a class of networks of dynamic agents

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 17, Issue 10-11, 2007, Pages 941-959

  Xie, Guangming ^a   Wang, Long ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agents; Algebraic graph theory; Consensus control; Distribute control; Fixed topology; Networks; Switching topology

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; GRAPH THEORY; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

ALGEBRAIC GRAPH THEORY; CONSENSUS CONTROL; FIXED TOPOLOGY; SWITCHING TOPOLOGY;

CONTROL THEORY;

EID: 34250852509     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: 10991239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1144     Document Type: Article

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