Recent research and progress on consensus problem

Xitong Gongcheng Lilun yu Shijian/System Engineering Theory and Practice

Volumn 28, Issue SUPPL., 2008, Pages 27-34

  Zheng, Yu Fan ^a,b   Shu, Ling Lin ^b   Lin, Zhi Yun ^c  

^a EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Consensus; Multi agent system; Network topology; Swarm

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS PROBLEMS; MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM; NETWORK TOPOLOGY; SWARM;

COMPUTER SCIENCE;

EID: 51749115123     PISSN: 10006788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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