
Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems with Uncertainties
- 1st Edition - April 4, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Hao Zhang, Chao Huang, Zhuping Wang, Huaicheng Yan
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 8 5 9 - 0
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 4 4 3 - 2 1 8 6 0 - 6
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Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems with Uncertainties proposes a hierarchical design framework that places uncertainties related to system models in the decentralized control layer (bottom layer) and the ones related to the communication (as well as physical interaction) between the agents in the distributed decision-making layer (top layer). The book shows that the two layers meet separation principles under certain conditions so that through the two-layer design framework any challenges can be resolved independently and so that design complexities will not increase with the level of uncertainties.
In addition, in order to solve the problem of energy limitation of agents, the book also studies the event-driven cooperative control of multi-agent systems, which can effectively reduce energy consumption of agents and increase their operational lifespan.
- Bridges the gap for engineers and technicians in the automation industry, including theory and practice
- Provides a general framework for dealing with various uncertainties in multi-agent cooperative control problems
- Contains contributions surrounding the development of multi-agent systems control theory
1.1 Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems
1.2 Organization of the Book
2. Preliminaries
2.1 Fundamentals on Graph Theory
2.2 Linear Systems and Control
2.3 Nonlinear Systems and Control
2.4 Reinforcement Learning
2.5 Bibliography
3. Architecture of Multi-Agent System Cooperative Control with Unreliable Communication
3.1 Cooperative Decision-Making
3.2 Decentralized Control
3.3 Condition for Establishing Separation Principle
3.4 Bibliography
4. Distributed Consensus Protocols for Multi-agent Systems
4.1 Distributed Static Consensus Protocol: Convergence
4.2 Distributed Static Consensus Protocol: X-Consensus
4.3 Distributed Consensus Protocol with Linear Dynamics
4.4 Distributed Consensus Protocol with Nonlinear Dynamics
4.5 Bibliography
5. Decentralized Control of Multi-Agent Systems
5.1 Decentralized Linear Output Regulation Controller
5.2 Decentralized Nonlinear Output Regulation Controller
5.3 Decentralized λ-Tracking Controller: Output-Feedback Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems
5.4 Decentralized λ-Tracking Controller: Lower Triangular Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems
5.5 Bibliography
6. Event-Based Communication and Control of Multi-Agent Systems
6.1 Event-Triggered Mechanism with Self and Inter-Agent Delays
6.2 Design of Dynamic Event-Triggering Mechanism
6.3 Design of Adaptive Dynamic Event-Triggering Mechanism
6.4 Bibliography
7. Data-Driven Cooperative Control of Multi-Agent Systems
7.1 Optimal Cooperative Control Design Based on Reinforcement Learning
7.2 Implementation of Policy Gradient Algorithm via Actor-Critic Structure
7.3 Simulations
7.4 Bibliography
- Edition: 1
- Published: April 4, 2024
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Language: English
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