An overview of recent progress in the study of distributed multi-agent coordination

Y Cao, W Yu, W Ren, G Chen - IEEE Transactions on Industrial …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper reviews some main results and progress in distributed multi-agent coordination,
focusing on papers published in major control systems and robotics journals since 2006 …

Cooperative robust optimal control of uncertain multi-agent systems

Z Zhang, S Zhang, H Li, W Yan - Journal of the Franklin Institute, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the cooperative robust optimal control of linear multi-agent systems
(MASs) with modeling uncertainties. A distributed controller that ensures the leader …

Integrated optimal formation control of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles

J Wang, M Xin - IEEE Transactions on Control Systems …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we investigate the formation control of multiple unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), specifically unmanned aircraft, in an obstacle-laden environment. The main …

Optimal cooperative guidance law for salvo attack: An MPC-based consensus perspective

S Kang, J Wang, G Li, J Shan… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, a model-predictive-control (MPC)-based cooperative guidance law is
presented to perform a salvo attack against a stationary target, which guarantees that …

Global optimal consensus for multi-agent systems with bounded controls

Y Xie, Z Lin - Systems & Control Letters, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper studies the global optimal consensus problem for a multi-agent system with
bounded controls. Each agent has its own objective function which is known only to itself …

Neural-network-based formation control with collision, obstacle avoidance and connectivity maintenance for a class of second-order nonlinear multi-agent systems

S Yang, W Bai, T Li, Q Shi, Y Yang, Y Wu, CLP Chen - Neurocomputing, 2021 - Elsevier
In this paper, a formation control strategy with collision, obstacle avoidance and connectivity
maintenance is developed for a class of second-order nonlinear multi-agent systems under …

LQR‐based optimal topology of leader‐following consensus

J Ma, Y Zheng, L Wang - International Journal of Robust and …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we consider the optimal topology for leader‐following consensus problem of
continuous‐time and discrete‐time multi‐agent systems based on linear quadratic regulator …

Distributed optimal consensus with obstacle avoidance algorithm of mixed-order UAVs–USVs–UUVs systems

X Yang, W Wang, P Huang - ISA transactions, 2020 - Elsevier
This article addresses the formation control with obstacle avoidance for a mixed-order linear
multi-agent in the ocean environment via a distributed optimal control approach. The …

Field-of-view constrained two-stage guidance law design for three-dimensional salvo attack of multiple missiles via an optimal control approach

X Ai, L Wang, J Yu, Y Shen - Aerospace science and technology, 2019 - Elsevier
This study considers the cooperative guidance problem for multiple missiles against a
stationary target with the field-of-view constraint. A two-stage guidance scheme is proposed …

Cooperative optimal control for Lipschitz nonlinear systems over generally directed topologies

Z Zhang, H Li, Y Shi, S Zhang, W Yan - Automatica, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper studies the cooperative optimal control for multi-agent systems (MASs) with
Lipschitz nonlinearities over general digraphs. The leader-following consensus model …