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On robust consensus of multi-agent systems with communication delays
Kybernetika, Tome 45 (2009) no. 5, pp. 768-784
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In this paper, two robust consensus problems are considered for a multi-agent system with various disturbances. To achieve the robust consensus, two distributed control schemes for each agent, described by a second-order differential equation, are proposed. With the help of graph theory, the robust consensus stability of the multi-agent system with communication delays is obtained for both fixed and switching interconnection topologies. The results show the leaderless consensus can be achieved with some disturbances or time delays.
In this paper, two robust consensus problems are considered for a multi-agent system with various disturbances. To achieve the robust consensus, two distributed control schemes for each agent, described by a second-order differential equation, are proposed. With the help of graph theory, the robust consensus stability of the multi-agent system with communication delays is obtained for both fixed and switching interconnection topologies. The results show the leaderless consensus can be achieved with some disturbances or time delays.
Classification : 05C50, 34K20, 91B14, 93A14, 93C10
Keywords: multi-agent consensus; robust consensus; disturbances; neighbor-based rules; time delays 
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Hu, Jiangping. On robust consensus of multi-agent systems with communication delays. Kybernetika, Tome 45 (2009) no. 5, pp. 768-784. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/item/KYB_2009_45_5_a5/

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