Consensus protocol for heterogeneous multi-agent systems: A Markov chain approach  

作　　者：朱善迎 陈彩莲 关新平 

机构地区：[1]Department of Automation, Shanghai Jiao Tong University [2]Key Laboratory of System Control and Information Processing, Ministry of Education

出　　处：《Chinese Physics B》2013年第1期569-573,共5页中国物理B（英文版）

基　　金：Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2010CB731803);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 60934003, 60974123, 61172064, and 61273181);the Science and Technology Commission of Shanghai Municipality, China (Grant No. 11511501202);the Chenguang Program, China (Grant No. 09CG06)

摘　　要：This paper deals with the consensus problem for heterogeneous multi-agent systems. Different from most existing consensus protocols, we consider the consensus seeking of two types of agents, namely, active agents and passive agents. The objective is to directly control the active agents such that the states of all the agents would achieve consensus. In order to obtain a computational approach, we subtly introduce an appropriate Markov chain to cast the heterogeneous systems into a unified framework. Such a framework is helpful for tackling the constraints from passive agents. Furthermore, a sufficient and necessary condition is established to guarantee the consensus in heterogeneous multi-agent systems. Finally, simulation results are provided to verify the theoretical analysis and the effectiveness of the proposed protocol.This paper deals with the consensus problem for heterogeneous multi-agent systems. Different from most existing consensus protocols, we consider the consensus seeking of two types of agents, namely, active agents and passive agents. The objective is to directly control the active agents such that the states of all the agents would achieve consensus. In order to obtain a computational approach, we subtly introduce an appropriate Markov chain to cast the heterogeneous systems into a unified framework. Such a framework is helpful for tackling the constraints from passive agents. Furthermore, a sufficient and necessary condition is established to guarantee the consensus in heterogeneous multi-agent systems. Finally, simulation results are provided to verify the theoretical analysis and the effectiveness of the proposed protocol.

关 键 词：heterogeneous multi-agent system consensus protocol Markov chain 

分 类 号：O231[理学—运筹学与控制论] O211.62[理学—数学]