Distributed Leader Selection without Direct Inter-agent Communication

IFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)

Volumn 43, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 221-226

  Shames, Iman ^a   Teixeira, André M H ^b   Sandberg, Henrik ^b   Johansson, Karl H ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Co operation; Decentralized systems; Distributed control; Estimation algorithms

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DISTRIBUTED PARAMETER CONTROL SYSTEMS; NETWORKED CONTROL SYSTEMS;

DATA NETWORK; DECENTRALIZED SYSTEM; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; ESTIMATION ALGORITHM; FINITE NUMBER; INTER-AGENT COMMUNICATIONS; NONLINEAR CONTROL LAWS; SLOTTED ALOHA;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS;

EID: 80051916346     PISSN: 14746670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.3182/20100913-2-FR-4014.00068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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