A survey of consensus problems in multi-agent coordination

As a distributed solution to multi-agent coordination, consensus or agreement problems have been studied extensively in the literature. This paper provides a survey of consensus problems in multi-agent cooperative control with the goal of promoting research in this area. Theoretical results regardin...

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Main Authors: Wei Ren, Beard, R.W., Atkins, E.M.
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Air traffic control
Automatic control
Control systems
Mobile robots
Multiagent systems
Protocols
Topology
Tree graphs
Unmanned aerial vehicles
Wireless sensor networks
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Summary:As a distributed solution to multi-agent coordination, consensus or agreement problems have been studied extensively in the literature. This paper provides a survey of consensus problems in multi-agent cooperative control with the goal of promoting research in this area. Theoretical results regarding consensus seeking under both time-invariant and dynamically changing information exchange topologies are summarized. Applications of consensus protocols to multiagent coordination are investigated. Future research directions and open problems are also proposed.
ISSN:0743-1619
2378-5861
DOI:10.1109/ACC.2005.1470239