Asynchronous Distributed Algorithms for Heading Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems with Communication Delay

In this paper, we propose two asynchronous distributed protocols for the heading consensus of a multi‐agent group which cannot access a global coordinate system and a global time. Both the leaderless and leader‐following cases are addressed, and inter‐agent communication delay is taken into account....

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Published in:Asian journal of control Vol. 15; no. 2; pp. 430 - 443
Main Authors: Li, Qin, Jiang, Zhong-Ping
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Hoboken Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.03.2013
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Subjects:
Algorithms
asynchronous algorithms
Communication
Control systems
heading consensus
Multi-agent systems
ISSN:1561-8625, 1934-6093
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Summary:In this paper, we propose two asynchronous distributed protocols for the heading consensus of a multi‐agent group which cannot access a global coordinate system and a global time. Both the leaderless and leader‐following cases are addressed, and inter‐agent communication delay is taken into account. It is proved, under some standard connectivity assumptions, that our leaderless algorithm ensures the heading consensus provided the initial headings are not balanced; and the leader‐based algorithm guarantees the global heading consensus.
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ISSN:1561-8625
1934-6093
DOI:10.1002/asjc.551