A survey on recent progress in control of swarm systems

B Zhu, L Xie, D Han, X Meng, R Teo - Science China Information Sciences, 2017 - Springer
It has been witnessed that swarm systems are superior to individual agents in performing
complicated tasks. In recent years, new results in some branches of control for swarm …

A new class of finite-time nonlinear consensus protocols for multi-agent systems

Z Zuo, L Tie - International Journal of Control, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
This paper is devoted to investigating the finite-time consensus problem for a multi-agent
system in networks with undirected topology. A new class of global continuous time-invariant …

Cloud-based predictive formation control of networked multi-agent system and its application to air bearing spacecraft simulators

L Cao, GP Liu, DW Zhang - ISA transactions, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper studies a class of networked multi-agent systems with communication delays. A
centralized cloud predictive control protocol is proposed to realize formation control of …

Recent developments in control and optimization of swarm systems: A brief survey

B Zhu, L Xie, D Han - 2016 12th IEEE international conference …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Swarm systems (or multi-agent systems) become increasingly beneficial in performing
complex tasks. In recent years, several branches of control and optimization for swarm …

Distance-based multiagent formation control with energy constraints using SDRE

R Babazadeh, R Selmic - IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present an optimal control method for distance-based formation control of multiagent
systems with energy constraints. We combine the rigid graph theory and state-dependent …

Consensus based formation control laws for systems on Lie groups

R Dong, Z Geng - Systems & Control Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
This paper designs the consensus based formation control laws for multi-agent systems
defined on Lie groups. The specific results are illustrated on SE (2) and SE (3)(the special …

Finite time time‐varying formation tracking for second‐order multiagent systems with prescribed transient performance

B An, B Wang, H Fan, L Liu, Y Wang - Asian Journal of Control, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
This paper studies the finite time output formation tracking for a class of second‐order
multiagent systems subject to prescribed transient performance. The considered leader …

Robust integral sliding‐mode consensus tracking for multi‐agent systems with time‐varying delay

YL Jiang, JC Liu, SQ Wang - Asian Journal of Control, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
This paper is devoted to robust integral sliding‐mode consensus tracking control for leader‐
following multi‐agent systems with higher order, time‐varying delay and disturbances under …

Finite‐time consensus problem for second‐order multi‐agent systems under switching topologies

F Wang, X Chen, Y He, M Wu - Asian Journal of Control, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This paper investigates the finite‐time consensus problem for multi‐agent systems with
second‐order individual dynamics under switching topologies. A distributed continuous …

Anoptimal displacement-based leader-follower formation control for multi-agent systems with energy consumption constraints

R Babazadeh, R Selmic - 2018 26th Mediterranean Conference …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose an optimal control method for a displacement-based leader-
follower formation control of multi-agent systems with energy consumption constraints. We …