Coordination for Networks of Dynamic Agents with Time-Varying Delays

Hongwang Yu, Baoshan Zhang, Yufan Zheng

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DOI: 10.4236/wsn.2010.22019                

Abstract

This paper is devoted to the study of the coordinate stability in undirected networks of dynamical agents with time-varying transmission delay. Neighbor-based rules are adopted to realize local control strategies for these continuous-time autonomous agents. Sufficient and necessary conditions in terms of linear matrix inequalities (LMIs) are given to guarantee the coordination of dynamical agents. Numerical simulations are given and demonstrate that our theoretical results are effective.

Keywords

Multi-Agent System, Time-Varying Delay, Consensus Protocol, Laplacian

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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