Cluster formation in a time-varying multi-agent system

被引：27
作者：
Aeyels, Dirk [1 ]
De Smet, Filip [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Ghent, Dept Elect Energy Syst & Automat, SYST Res Grp, B-9052 Zwijnaarde, Belgium
来源：
AUTOMATICA | 2011年 / 47卷 / 11期
基金：
比利时弗兰德研究基金会;
关键词：
Time-varying systems; Self-organizing systems; Pattern generation; Synchronization;
D O I：
10.1016/j.automatica.2011.08.036
中图分类号：
TP [自动化技术、计算机技术];
学科分类号：
0812 ;
摘要：
We introduce time-varying parameters in a multi-agent clustering model and we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the occurrence of clustering behavior with respect to a given cluster structure. For periodically varying parameters the clustering conditions may be formulated in a similar way as for the time-invariant model. The results require the individual weights assigned to the agents to be constant. For time-varying weights we illustrate with an example that the obtained results can no longer be applied. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码：2481 / 2487
页数：7
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