Consensus problems in networks of agents with double-integrator dynamics and time-varying delays

International Journal of Control

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1937-1945

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

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUFU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Consensus; Multi agent system; Reduced order system; Time varying delay

Indexed keywords

CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS PROBLEMS; IN-NETWORK; INFORMATION UPDATES; MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM; NEWTON'S LAWS; NONUNIFORM; POINT MASS MODELS; REDUCED ORDER SYSTEMS; REDUCED-ORDER SYSTEM; SIMULATION RESULT; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS; THEORETICAL RESULT; TIME-VARYING DELAY; WEIGHTING FACTORS;

INTERCONNECTION NETWORKS; LINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS; LINEAR MATRIX INEQUALITIES; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; THREE TERM CONTROL SYSTEMS; TIME VARYING CONTROL SYSTEMS;

TIME VARYING NETWORKS;

EID: 68949111842     PISSN: 00207179     EISSN: 13665820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207170902838269     Document Type: Article

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