Tracking and formation control of multiple autonomous agents: A two-level consensus approach

Automatica

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1318-1328

  Porfiri, Maurizio ^a   Roberson, D Gray ^b   Stilwell, Daniel J ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus problem; Formation flying; Multi agent systems; Stability; Switched systems; Tracking

Indexed keywords

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; SYSTEM STABILITY; VECTORS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CONSENSUS PROBLEM; FORMATION CONTROL; FORMATION FLYING;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 34347347084     PISSN: 00051098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.automatica.2007.01.004     Document Type: Article

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