Flocking of multi-agent dynamical systems with intermittent nonlinear velocity measurements

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 22, Issue 16, 2012, Pages 1790-1805

  Wen, Guanghui ^a   Duan, Zhisheng ^a   Li, Zhongkui ^b   Chen, Guanrong ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

flocking; intermittent velocity measurement; multi agent system; speed sensor failure; virtual leader

Indexed keywords

FLOCKING; FLOCKING ALGORITHMS; FLOCKING CONTROL; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); NEW DESIGN; NONLINEAR MEASUREMENT; RELATIVE VELOCITY; SPEED SENSORS; TIME INTERVAL; TIME SPAN; VIRTUAL LEADER;

DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; VELOCITY;

VELOCITY MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84867403068     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: 10991239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1784     Document Type: Article

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