Multi-leader set coordination of multi-agent systems with random switching topologies

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 3820-3825

  Lou, Youcheng ^a   Hong, Yiguang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Markov chain; Multi agent systems; Multiple leaders; Random switching; Target aggregation

Indexed keywords

MARKOV CHAINS; MOBILE AGENTS; SWITCHING; TOPOLOGY;

MOVING TARGETS; MULTI LEADERS; MULTIPLE LEADERS; RANDOM SWITCHING; RANDOM SWITCHING TOPOLOGIES; SECOND ORDERS; TARGET AGGREGATIONS; TRACKING PROBLEM;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 79953138542     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2010.5717666     Document Type: Conference Paper

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