Tight estimates for convergence of some non-stationary consensus algorithms

Systems and Control Letters

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 996-1004

  Angeli, David ^a   Bliman, Pierre Alexandre ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

Author keywords

Convergence rate; Distributed consensus; Linear time varying systems; Mixing rates; Multiagent systems; Perron Frobenius theory; Stochastic matrices; Uncertain systems

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; TREES (MATHEMATICS);

CONVERGENCE RATE; DISTRIBUTED CONSENSUS; LINEAR TIME-VARYING SYSTEMS; MIXING RATES; PERRON-FROBENIUS THEORY; STOCHASTIC MATRICES; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 53349091304     PISSN: 01676911     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sysconle.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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