This paper provides a review of the consensus problem as one of the most challenging
issues in the distributed control of the multi-agent systems (MASs). In this survey, firstly, the …

The use of aerial swarms to solve real-world problems has been increasing steadily,
accompanied by falling prices and improving performance of communication, sensing, and …

Topics These lecture notes are intended primarily for graduate students interested in
network systems, distributed algorithms, and cooperative control. The objective is to answer …

In practice, the dual constraints of limited interaction capabilities and system uncertainties
make it difficult for large-scale multiagent systems (MASs) to achieve intelligent collaboration …

We present a survey of formation control of multi-agent systems. Focusing on the sensing
capability and the interaction topology of agents, we categorize the existing results into …

Real-world networks often consist of millions of heterogenous elements that interact at
multiple timescales and length scales. The fields of statistical physics and control theory both …

A novel nonlinear sliding mode control approach dealing with the formation control of under-
actuated ships is presented in this paper. To avoid the singularity problem, state space of the …

We present a constrained optimization method for multi-robot formation control in dynamic
environments, where the robots adjust the parameters of the formation, such as size and …

Distributed controller design is generally a challenging task, especially for multi-agent
systems with complex dynamics, due to the interconnected effect of the agent dynamics, the …

At the beginning of this century, Hegselmann and Krause proposed a dynamical model for
opinion formation that is referred to as the Bounded Confidence Opinion Dynamics (BCOD) …