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Consensus Control for Networks of Dynamic Agents via Active Switching Topology

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Advances in Natural Computation (ICNC 2005)

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This paper investigates the average-consensus problem for networks of dynamic agents. A consensus protocol based on active switching topology for solving the average-consensus problem of the network is proposed. Within such a topology, a finite set of candidate unconnected graphs is used and we change the topology actively according to the state of the network. The advantage of such mechanism is that it decreases the communication complexity/cost dramatically. The simulation results are presented that are consistent with our theoretical results.

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  1. Center for Systems & Control, LTCS and Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China

    Guangming Xie & Long Wang

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  1. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Block S1, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

    Lipo Wang

  2. School of Software, Sun Yat-Sen University, 510275, Guangzhou, China

    Ke Chen

  3. School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, BLK N4, 2b-39, Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore

    Yew Soon Ong

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Xie, G., Wang, L. (2005). Consensus Control for Networks of Dynamic Agents via Active Switching Topology. In: Wang, L., Chen, K., Ong, Y.S. (eds) Advances in Natural Computation. ICNC 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3612. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11539902_51

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