Finite-time consensus of multi-agent networks with inherent nonlinear dynamics under an undirected interaction graph

Proceedings of the American Control Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 4020-4025

  Cao, Yongcan ^a   Ren, Wei ^a   Chen, Fei ^a   Zong, Guangdeng ^a  

^a Utah State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERACTION GRAPHS; MULTIAGENT NETWORKS; NONLINEAR ALGORITHMS; NONLINEAR TERMS; STABILITY ANALYSIS;

ALGORITHMS; CLOSED LOOP SYSTEMS; DYNAMICS;

SYSTEM STABILITY;

EID: 80053161960     PISSN: 07431619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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