Synchronization in multi-agent systems with switching topologies and non-homogeneous communication delays

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 2327-2332

  Ghabcheloo, Reza ^a   Aguiar, A Pedro ^a   Pascoal, António ^a   Silvestre, Carlos ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; SWITCHING SYSTEMS; SYNCHRONIZATION; TIME DELAY; TOPOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION DELAYS; COMMUNICATION GRAPHS; CONTINUOUS TIME DYNAMICS; KURAMOTO OSCILLATOR NETWORKS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 60349118253     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2007.4434831     Document Type: Conference Paper

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