Distributed coordination of multi-agent networks. Emergent problems, models, and issues.
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instance of: scholarly article
title: Distributed coordination of multi-agent networks. Emergent problems, models, and issues.
zbMATH Open document ID: 1225.93003
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-85729-169-1
author: Wei Ren
author: Yongcan Cao
published in: Communications and Control Engineering
publication date: 2010-11-19T00:00:00Z
review text: This is a new volume in the series ``Communications and Control Engineering'' issued by Springer Verlag. The present series stems from the intimate connection between communication and control engineering. It is worth pointing out some features about the title of the book. Control Theory (CT) can be dated back to the beginning of the last century when the Wright brothers made their first flight in 1903. Subsequently, CT developed solving numerous problems encountered in practice. Its feature lies in the fact that a single system was taken into account. Over time, more and more new problems arose. It was found that a new approach should be taken into account instead of considering single systems only. Two approaches appeared as possible candidates: the centralized approach, which is a direct extension of the traditional single-system methodology, and the distributed approach, which does not require the existence of a central station. This last approach has been intensively investigated. Such a (global) system can be conceived as an aggregate where its components act in a cooperative fashion. This point of view was motivated by the existence of the distributed computing and management sciences. A paper of Tsitsiklis in 1984 opened the era of what is now called Distributed Coordination of Multi-agent Networks (DCMaN). The present book is devoted to this new direction. Here the authors discuss the various forms in which DCMaN can be realized: consensus, distributed formation, optimization, distribution task assignment, estimation and control, and intelligent coordination. To get an idea of the topics included in the book, we give here the contents: Part I. Preliminaries and literature review: 1. Preliminaries; 2. Overview of recent research in distributed multi-agent coordination. Part II. Emergent problems in distributed multi-agent coordination 3. Collective periodic motion coordination; 4. Collective tracking with a dynamic leader; 5. Containment control with multipl…
reviewed by: Dumitru Stanomir
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 93-02
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 93A14
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 94C15
zbMATH DE Number: 5817445
zbMATH Keywords: system theory
zbMATH Keywords: control system
zbMATH Keywords: graph theory
zbMATH Keywords: new trends in system control
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 5817445