Sliding mode control-based algorithms for consensus in connected swarms

International Journal of Control

Volumn 84, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1477-1490

  Rao, Sachit ^a   Ghose, Debasish ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

algebraic graphs; consensus; multi agent systems; sliding mode control

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC GRAPH; ALGEBRAIC THEORIES; BALANCED GRAPHS; CONSENSUS; CONSENSUS ALGORITHMS; CYCLIC PURSUIT; FIRST-ORDER; GRAPH LAPLACIAN; HIGHER-ORDER DYNAMICS; SLIDING MODES;

ALGEBRA; ALGORITHMS; DYNAMICS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SLIDING MODE CONTROL;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 80053512191     PISSN: 00207179     EISSN: 13665820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2011.602834     Document Type: Article

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