A Connectivity-preserving flocking algorithm for multi-agent dynamical systems with bounded potential function

IET Control Theory and Applications

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 813-821

  Wen, G ^a   Duan, Z ^a   Su, H ^b   Chen, G ^c   Yu, W ^d  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGEBRAIC GRAPH THEORY; COMMUNICATION TOPOLOGIES; COUPLING STRENGTHS; FLOCKING ALGORITHMS; MATRIX ANALYSIS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); MULTIPLE AGENTS; NETWORK CONNECTIVITY; NON-LINEAR DYNAMICS; POTENTIAL FUNCTION; SECOND ORDERS; THEORETICAL RESULT; VELOCITY INFORMATION; VIRTUAL LEADER;

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS; GRAPH THEORY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

VELOCITY;

EID: 84867760835     PISSN: 17518644     EISSN: 17518652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-cta.2011.0532     Document Type: Article

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