Brief paper: Distributed nonlinear control algorithms for network consensus

  • Authors:

  • Qing Hui;Wassim M. Haddad

  • Affiliations:

  • School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA 30332-0150, USA;School of Aerospace Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, GA 30332-0150, USA

  • Venue:
  • Automatica (Journal of IFAC)
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

In this paper, we develop a thermodynamic framework for addressing consensus problems for nonlinear multiagent dynamical systems with fixed and switching topologies. Specifically, we present distributed nonlinear static and dynamic controller architectures for multiagent coordination. The proposed controller architectures are predicated on system thermodynamic notions resulting in controller architectures involving the exchange of information between agents that guarantee that the closed-loop dynamical network is consistent with basic thermodynamic principles.