Average consensus in networks of dynamic agents with switching topologies and multiple time-varying delays

Systems and Control Letters

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 175-183

  Sun, Yuan Gong ^a,b   Wang, Long ^a   Xie, Guangming ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Average consensus; Linear matrix inequality; Multiagent system; Switching topology; Undirected network

Indexed keywords

LINEAR MATRIX INEQUALITIES; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AVERAGE CONSENSUS; SWITCHING TOPOLOGY; UNDIRECTED NETWORK;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 37049034247     PISSN: 01676911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysconle.2007.08.009     Document Type: Article

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