A graph theory based characterization of controllability for multi-agent systems with fixed topology

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 5262-5267

  Ji, Zhijian ^a   Lin, Hai ^b   Lee, Tong Heng ^b  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLABILITY; GRAPH THEORY;

DYNAMIC NETWORK; FIXED TOPOLOGIES; FORMATION CONTROL PROBLEMS; LEADER-FOLLOWER; SUBGRAPHS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 62949206324     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2008.4738636     Document Type: Conference Paper

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