Set tracking of multi-agent systems with variable topologies guided by moving multiple leaders

Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 2245-2250

  Shi, Guodong ^a   Hong, Yiguang ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

Author keywords

Convex set; Multi agent systems; Multiple leaders; Set input to state stability (SISS); Set integral input to state stability (SiISS)

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; SET THEORY; SILICON; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STABILITY; TOPOLOGY;

CONVEX SET; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; INPUT-TO-STATE STABILITY; INTEGRAL INPUT TO STATE STABILITY; INTERCONNECTION TOPOLOGIES; MULTIPLE LEADERS; TRACKING ERRORS; VARIABLE TOPOLOGIES;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 79953152517     PISSN: 07431546     EISSN: 25762370     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/CDC.2010.5716951     Document Type: Conference Paper

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