Consensus of multiagent systems and synchronization of complex networks: A unified viewpoint

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 213-224

  Li, Zhongkui ^a   Duan, Zhisheng ^a   Chen, Guanrong ^a,b   Huang, Lin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Consensus; Control; Graph theory; Linear matrix inequality (LMI); Multiagent system; Synchronization H

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; ORBITS; TOPOLOGY;

COMMUNICATION TOPOLOGIES; CONSENSUS PROBLEMS; CONSENSUS PROTOCOLS; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; LOW EARTH ORBIT SATELLITES; SPANNING TREE; TIME INVARIANTS; TIME VARYING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84988240836     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: 15580806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2009.2023937     Document Type: Article

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