Data generation in wireless sensor networks could be bursty as it is dictated by the presence or absence of events of interest that generate these data. While conventional sensor nodes possessed only one radio interfa...Data generation in wireless sensor networks could be bursty as it is dictated by the presence or absence of events of interest that generate these data. While conventional sensor nodes possessed only one radio interface, next generation sensor nodes are expected to have two （possibly more） radio interfaces, each with different ranges, capacities, and power consumptions. Equipping sensor nodes with dual radios has its own benefits and can be quite useful in handling bursty traffic while at the same time satisfying the application＇s delivery requirements. In this paper, we propose an adaptive interface switch agent that intelligently selects the interface to be used for data transmission at a sensor node based on the data burst length or end-to-end delay while taking into consideration power consumption and throughput. The proposed work generalizes earlier works in this area to enable both the source nodes and intermediate data forwarding nodes to initiate the activation of high power radios so that they can be utilized to a higher degree for converge-cast communication. We have performed extensive simulations with sensor nodes containing both IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.11 compatible radios. Our simulation results indicate that the switch agent yields throughput, delay, and packet delivery ratio comparable to the higher bandwidth interface alone, without incurring much energy wastage.展开更多
Consensus of multi-agent systems is an interesting research topic and has wide applications in science and engineering. The agents considered in most existing studies on consensus problem are time-invariant. However, ...Consensus of multi-agent systems is an interesting research topic and has wide applications in science and engineering. The agents considered in most existing studies on consensus problem are time-invariant. However, in many cases, agent dynamics often show the characteristic of switching during the process of consensus. This paper considers consensus problem of general linear multi-agent system under both switching agent dynamics and jumping network topologies. Within the proposed multi-agent system, the agent dynamic switching is assumed to be deterministic, while the network topology jumping is considered respectively for two cases： deterministic jumping （Case 1） and Markov jumping （Case 2）. By applying the dwell time and the average dwell time techniques, a sufficient consensus and an almost sure consensus conditions are provided for these two cases, respectively. Finally, two numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the theoretical results.展开更多
Consensus problem is investigated for heterogeneous multi-agent systems composed of first-order agents and second-order agents in this paper. Leader-following consensus protocol is adopted to solve consensus problem o...Consensus problem is investigated for heterogeneous multi-agent systems composed of first-order agents and second-order agents in this paper. Leader-following consensus protocol is adopted to solve consensus problem of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with time-varying communication and input delays. By constructing Lyapunov-Krasovkii functional, sufficient consensus conditions in linear matrix inequality(LMI) form are obtained for the system under fixed interconnection topology. Moreover, consensus conditions are also obtained for the heterogeneous systems under switching topologies with time delays. Simulation examples are given to illustrate effectiveness of the results.展开更多
This paper studies the consensus problems for a group of agents with switching topology and time-varying communication delays, where the dynamics of agents is modeled as a high-order integrator. A linear distributed c...This paper studies the consensus problems for a group of agents with switching topology and time-varying communication delays, where the dynamics of agents is modeled as a high-order integrator. A linear distributed consensus protocol is proposed, which only depends on the agent＇s own information and its neighbors＇ partial information. By introducing a decomposition of the state vector and performing a state space transformation, the closed-loop dynamics of the multi-agent system is converted into two decoupled subsystems. Based on the decoupled subsystems, some sufficient conditions for the convergence to consensus are established, which provide the upper bounds on the admissible communication delays. Also, the explicit expression of the consensus state is derived. Moreover, the results on the consensus seeking of the group of high-order agents have been extended to a network of agents with dynamics modeled as a completely controllable linear time-invariant system. It is proved that the convergence to consensus of this network is equivalent to that of the group of high-order agents. Finally, some numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the main results.展开更多
The consensus problems of multi-agents with time-varying delays and switching topologies are studied. First, assume that an agent receives state information from its neighbors with fixed communication delays and proce...The consensus problems of multi-agents with time-varying delays and switching topologies are studied. First, assume that an agent receives state information from its neighbors with fixed communication delays and processes its own state information with time-varying self-delay respectively. The state time-delay feedback is introduced into the existing consensus protocol to begenerate an improved protocol. Then a sufficient condition is derived which can make the system with time-varying self-delays achieve the consensus. On this basis, a specific form of consensus equilibrium influenced by the initial states of agents, time-delays and state feedback intensity is figured out. In addition, the multi-agent consensus is considered with time-varying topologies. Finally, simulations are presented to il ustrate the validity of theoretical results.展开更多
Leader-following stationary consensus problem is investigated for the second-order multi-agent systems with timevarying communication delay and switching topology. Based on Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and Lyapunov-...Leader-following stationary consensus problem is investigated for the second-order multi-agent systems with timevarying communication delay and switching topology. Based on Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and Lyapunov-Razumikhin functions respectively, consensus criterions in the form of linear matrix inequality （LMI） are obtained for the system with time-varying communication delays under static interconnection topology con- verging to the leader＇s states. Moreover, the delay-dependent consensus criterion in the form of LMI is also obtained for the system with time-invariant communication delay and switching topologies by constructing Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional. Numerical simulations present the correctness of the results.展开更多
We propose a new approach to discuss the consensus problem of multi-agent systems with time-varying delayed control inputs, switching topologies, and stochastic cyber-attacks under hybrid-triggered mechanism.A Bernoul...We propose a new approach to discuss the consensus problem of multi-agent systems with time-varying delayed control inputs, switching topologies, and stochastic cyber-attacks under hybrid-triggered mechanism.A Bernoulli variable is used to describe the hybrid-triggered scheme, which is introduced to alleviate the burden of the network.The mathematical model of the closed-loop control system is established by taking the influences of time-varying delayed control inputs,switching topologies, and stochastic cyber-attacks into account under the hybrid-triggered scheme.A theorem as the main result is given to make the system consistent based on the theory of Lyapunov stability and linear matrix inequality.Markov jumps with uncertain rates of transitions are applied to describe the switch of topologies.Finally, a simulation example demonstrates the feasibility of the theory in this paper.展开更多
This paper investigates the time-varying formation problem for general linear multi-agent systems using distributed event-triggered control strategy.Different from the previous works,to achieve the desired time-varyin...This paper investigates the time-varying formation problem for general linear multi-agent systems using distributed event-triggered control strategy.Different from the previous works,to achieve the desired time-varying formation,a distributed control scheme is designed in an event-triggered way,in which for each agent the controller is triggered only at its own event times.The interaction topology among agents is assumed to be switching.The common Lyapunov function as well as Riccati inequality is applied to solve the time-varying formation problem.Moreover,the Zeno behavior of triggering time sequences can be excluded for each agent.Finally,a simulation example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.展开更多
A gen t和多A gen t系统已经成为计算机科学和分布式人工智能研究的一个重要方向。该文重点介绍了基于多A gen t技术的操作票生成系统的模型的建立,研究了通过A gen t选择意图模型来实现操作任务的规划,以及对单个A gen t的推理机制和...A gen t和多A gen t系统已经成为计算机科学和分布式人工智能研究的一个重要方向。该文重点介绍了基于多A gen t技术的操作票生成系统的模型的建立,研究了通过A gen t选择意图模型来实现操作任务的规划,以及对单个A gen t的推理机制和知识库中的符号化描述,并讨论了A gen t自学习及多A gen t之间的交互通信等问题。开发实现基于多A gen t变电站倒闸操作票生成系统,在某变电站得到良好的应用。实践表明,基于多A gen t系统能大大提高工作效率和准确度,特别是基于A gen t选择意图模型来实现操作任务的规划更能适应外界环境的变化。展开更多
Nonlinear consensus protocols for dynamic directed networks of multi-agent systems with fixed and switching topologies are investigated separately in this paper. Based on the centre manifold reduction technique, nonli...Nonlinear consensus protocols for dynamic directed networks of multi-agent systems with fixed and switching topologies are investigated separately in this paper. Based on the centre manifold reduction technique, nonlinear consensus protocols are presented. We prove that a group of agents can reach a β-consensus, the value of which is the group decision value varying from the minimum and the maximum values of the initial states of the agents. Moreover, we derive the conditions to guarantee that all the agents reach a β-consensus on a desired group decision value. Finally, a simulation study concerning the vertical alignment manoeuvere of a team of unmanned air vehicles is performed. Simulation results show that the nonlinear consensus protocols proposed are more effective than the linear protocols for the formation control of the agents and they are an improvement over existing protocols.展开更多
A new ball passing strategy for robot soccer is proposed in this paper. With introduce of a new algorithm on ball passing, the optimum strategy is confirmed to be more efficient and exact when passing a ball. Question...A new ball passing strategy for robot soccer is proposed in this paper. With introduce of a new algorithm on ball passing, the optimum strategy is confirmed to be more efficient and exact when passing a ball. Questions of role switching in multi-intelligent agent cooperation in robot soccer are described based on Generalized Stochastic Petri-Net （GSPN）. Results of computer simulation have confirmed the feasibility and efficiency of above Petri-net method.展开更多
This paper addresses the cooperative output regulation problem of a class of multi-agent systems （MASs）. Each agent is a switched linear system. We propose an agent-dependent multiple Lyapunov function （MLF） appro...This paper addresses the cooperative output regulation problem of a class of multi-agent systems （MASs）. Each agent is a switched linear system. We propose an agent-dependent multiple Lyapunov function （MLF） approach to design the switching law for each switched agent. The distributed controller for each agent is constructed based on a dynamic compensator. A sufficient condition for the solvability of the output regulation problem of switched agent networks is presented by distributed controllers and agent-dependent multiple Lyapunov function approach. Finally, simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of our theory.展开更多
The method of stabilizing switched systems based on the optimal control is applied,with all modes unstable,for a typical example of the multi-agent system.First,the optimal control method for stabilizing switched syst...The method of stabilizing switched systems based on the optimal control is applied,with all modes unstable,for a typical example of the multi-agent system.First,the optimal control method for stabilizing switched systems is introduced.For this purpose,a switching table rule procedure is constructed.This procedure is inspired by the optimal control that identifies the optimal trajectory for the switched systems.In the next step,the stability of a multi-agent system is studied,considering different unstable connection topologies.Finally,the optimal control method is successfully applied to an aircraft team,as an example of the multi-agent systems.Simulation results evaluate and confirm the successful application of this method in the aircraft team example.展开更多
文摘Data generation in wireless sensor networks could be bursty as it is dictated by the presence or absence of events of interest that generate these data. While conventional sensor nodes possessed only one radio interface, next generation sensor nodes are expected to have two （possibly more） radio interfaces, each with different ranges, capacities, and power consumptions. Equipping sensor nodes with dual radios has its own benefits and can be quite useful in handling bursty traffic while at the same time satisfying the application＇s delivery requirements. In this paper, we propose an adaptive interface switch agent that intelligently selects the interface to be used for data transmission at a sensor node based on the data burst length or end-to-end delay while taking into consideration power consumption and throughput. The proposed work generalizes earlier works in this area to enable both the source nodes and intermediate data forwarding nodes to initiate the activation of high power radios so that they can be utilized to a higher degree for converge-cast communication. We have performed extensive simulations with sensor nodes containing both IEEE 802.15.4 and IEEE 802.11 compatible radios. Our simulation results indicate that the switch agent yields throughput, delay, and packet delivery ratio comparable to the higher bandwidth interface alone, without incurring much energy wastage.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61573237)Shanghai Natural Science Fund(No.13ZR1416300)
文摘Consensus of multi-agent systems is an interesting research topic and has wide applications in science and engineering. The agents considered in most existing studies on consensus problem are time-invariant. However, in many cases, agent dynamics often show the characteristic of switching during the process of consensus. This paper considers consensus problem of general linear multi-agent system under both switching agent dynamics and jumping network topologies. Within the proposed multi-agent system, the agent dynamic switching is assumed to be deterministic, while the network topology jumping is considered respectively for two cases： deterministic jumping （Case 1） and Markov jumping （Case 2）. By applying the dwell time and the average dwell time techniques, a sufficient consensus and an almost sure consensus conditions are provided for these two cases, respectively. Finally, two numerical examples are presented to demonstrate the theoretical results.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61104092,61134007 and 61203147)the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
文摘Consensus problem is investigated for heterogeneous multi-agent systems composed of first-order agents and second-order agents in this paper. Leader-following consensus protocol is adopted to solve consensus problem of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with time-varying communication and input delays. By constructing Lyapunov-Krasovkii functional, sufficient consensus conditions in linear matrix inequality(LMI) form are obtained for the system under fixed interconnection topology. Moreover, consensus conditions are also obtained for the heterogeneous systems under switching topologies with time delays. Simulation examples are given to illustrate effectiveness of the results.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.60674050,60736022,10972002,60774089,60704039)
文摘This paper studies the consensus problems for a group of agents with switching topology and time-varying communication delays, where the dynamics of agents is modeled as a high-order integrator. A linear distributed consensus protocol is proposed, which only depends on the agent＇s own information and its neighbors＇ partial information. By introducing a decomposition of the state vector and performing a state space transformation, the closed-loop dynamics of the multi-agent system is converted into two decoupled subsystems. Based on the decoupled subsystems, some sufficient conditions for the convergence to consensus are established, which provide the upper bounds on the admissible communication delays. Also, the explicit expression of the consensus state is derived. Moreover, the results on the consensus seeking of the group of high-order agents have been extended to a network of agents with dynamics modeled as a completely controllable linear time-invariant system. It is proved that the convergence to consensus of this network is equivalent to that of the group of high-order agents. Finally, some numerical examples are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the main results.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(6087405361034006)
文摘The consensus problems of multi-agents with time-varying delays and switching topologies are studied. First, assume that an agent receives state information from its neighbors with fixed communication delays and processes its own state information with time-varying self-delay respectively. The state time-delay feedback is introduced into the existing consensus protocol to begenerate an improved protocol. Then a sufficient condition is derived which can make the system with time-varying self-delays achieve the consensus. On this basis, a specific form of consensus equilibrium influenced by the initial states of agents, time-delays and state feedback intensity is figured out. In addition, the multi-agent consensus is considered with time-varying topologies. Finally, simulations are presented to il ustrate the validity of theoretical results.
基金supported by the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(JUSRP11020)the Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China(20090093120006)
文摘Leader-following stationary consensus problem is investigated for the second-order multi-agent systems with timevarying communication delay and switching topology. Based on Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional and Lyapunov-Razumikhin functions respectively, consensus criterions in the form of linear matrix inequality （LMI） are obtained for the system with time-varying communication delays under static interconnection topology con- verging to the leader＇s states. Moreover, the delay-dependent consensus criterion in the form of LMI is also obtained for the system with time-invariant communication delay and switching topologies by constructing Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional. Numerical simulations present the correctness of the results.
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China （61079001, 61273006）, National High Technology Research and Development Program of China （863 Program） （2011AAl10301）, Specialized Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China （20111103110017）, Hebei Province Science and Technology Research and Development Planning Project （10203548D）, Hebei Province Science and Technology Planning Project （13210807） Hebei Province Science and Technology Conditions Building Program （11963546D）
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61074159 and 61703286)
文摘We propose a new approach to discuss the consensus problem of multi-agent systems with time-varying delayed control inputs, switching topologies, and stochastic cyber-attacks under hybrid-triggered mechanism.A Bernoulli variable is used to describe the hybrid-triggered scheme, which is introduced to alleviate the burden of the network.The mathematical model of the closed-loop control system is established by taking the influences of time-varying delayed control inputs,switching topologies, and stochastic cyber-attacks into account under the hybrid-triggered scheme.A theorem as the main result is given to make the system consistent based on the theory of Lyapunov stability and linear matrix inequality.Markov jumps with uncertain rates of transitions are applied to describe the switch of topologies.Finally, a simulation example demonstrates the feasibility of the theory in this paper.
基金Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.11701138)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China(Grant Nos.F2017202009 and F2018202075)
文摘This paper investigates the time-varying formation problem for general linear multi-agent systems using distributed event-triggered control strategy.Different from the previous works,to achieve the desired time-varying formation,a distributed control scheme is designed in an event-triggered way,in which for each agent the controller is triggered only at its own event times.The interaction topology among agents is assumed to be switching.The common Lyapunov function as well as Riccati inequality is applied to solve the time-varying formation problem.Moreover,the Zeno behavior of triggering time sequences can be excluded for each agent.Finally,a simulation example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.
文摘A gen t和多A gen t系统已经成为计算机科学和分布式人工智能研究的一个重要方向。该文重点介绍了基于多A gen t技术的操作票生成系统的模型的建立,研究了通过A gen t选择意图模型来实现操作任务的规划,以及对单个A gen t的推理机制和知识库中的符号化描述,并讨论了A gen t自学习及多A gen t之间的交互通信等问题。开发实现基于多A gen t变电站倒闸操作票生成系统,在某变电站得到良好的应用。实践表明,基于多A gen t系统能大大提高工作效率和准确度,特别是基于A gen t选择意图模型来实现操作任务的规划更能适应外界环境的变化。
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No 60525303)the Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province,China (Grant No 2006000270)
文摘Nonlinear consensus protocols for dynamic directed networks of multi-agent systems with fixed and switching topologies are investigated separately in this paper. Based on the centre manifold reduction technique, nonlinear consensus protocols are presented. We prove that a group of agents can reach a β-consensus, the value of which is the group decision value varying from the minimum and the maximum values of the initial states of the agents. Moreover, we derive the conditions to guarantee that all the agents reach a β-consensus on a desired group decision value. Finally, a simulation study concerning the vertical alignment manoeuvere of a team of unmanned air vehicles is performed. Simulation results show that the nonlinear consensus protocols proposed are more effective than the linear protocols for the formation control of the agents and they are an improvement over existing protocols.
文摘A new ball passing strategy for robot soccer is proposed in this paper. With introduce of a new algorithm on ball passing, the optimum strategy is confirmed to be more efficient and exact when passing a ball. Questions of role switching in multi-intelligent agent cooperation in robot soccer are described based on Generalized Stochastic Petri-Net （GSPN）. Results of computer simulation have confirmed the feasibility and efficiency of above Petri-net method.
基金supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61304058 and 61233002)IAPI Fundamental Research Funds(No.2013ZCX03-01)General Project of Scientific Research of the Education Department of Liaoning Province(No.L2015547)
文摘This paper addresses the cooperative output regulation problem of a class of multi-agent systems （MASs）. Each agent is a switched linear system. We propose an agent-dependent multiple Lyapunov function （MLF） approach to design the switching law for each switched agent. The distributed controller for each agent is constructed based on a dynamic compensator. A sufficient condition for the solvability of the output regulation problem of switched agent networks is presented by distributed controllers and agent-dependent multiple Lyapunov function approach. Finally, simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of our theory.
文摘The method of stabilizing switched systems based on the optimal control is applied,with all modes unstable,for a typical example of the multi-agent system.First,the optimal control method for stabilizing switched systems is introduced.For this purpose,a switching table rule procedure is constructed.This procedure is inspired by the optimal control that identifies the optimal trajectory for the switched systems.In the next step,the stability of a multi-agent system is studied,considering different unstable connection topologies.Finally,the optimal control method is successfully applied to an aircraft team,as an example of the multi-agent systems.Simulation results evaluate and confirm the successful application of this method in the aircraft team example.
