Average Consensus in Networks of Neutral Dynamical Agents with Fixed and Switching Topologies

This paper addresses the average consensus problem of neutral multiagent systems in undirected networks with fixed and switching topologies. For the case of fixed topology, necessary and sufficient conditions to average consensus are established by decoupling the neutral multiagent system in terms o...

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Main Authors: Yingying Wu, Yuangong Sun
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2015-01-01
Series:Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/252050
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Summary:This paper addresses the average consensus problem of neutral multiagent systems in undirected networks with fixed and switching topologies. For the case of fixed topology, necessary and sufficient conditions to average consensus are established by decoupling the neutral multiagent system in terms of the eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix. For the case of switching topology, sufficient conditions to average consensus are given in terms of linear matrix inequalities to determine the allowable upper bound of the time-varying communication delay. Finally, two examples are worked out to explain the effectiveness of the theoretical results.
ISSN:1026-0226
1607-887X