Title: A survey of continuous finite-time consensus algorithms in multi-agent systems

Authors: Haibo Du; Hua Li; Xiangyu Wang

Addresses: School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China ' School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China ' School of Automation, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Abstract: This paper mainly reviews some results and progress on finite-time consensus via continuous feedbacks in multi-agent systems. Finite-time control theory has been applied to solve consensus problems in recent years, since finite-time stable systems usually possess faster convergent rate, and better robustness and disturbance rejection properties. First of all, some fundamental definitions about finite-time control and finite-time consensus are introduced. Then, some continuous finite-time algorithms are listed for first-order/second-order multiagent systems, multiple rigid spacecraft, multiple non-holonomic mobile robots, multiple under-water vehicle systems.

Keywords: finite time consensus; multi-agent systems; MAS; agent-based systems; finite time control; continuous feedback; multiple rigid spacecraft; multiple robots; non-holonomic robots; mobile robots; multi-robot systems; multiple underwater vehicles.

DOI: 10.1504/IJAL.2016.078506

International Journal of Automation and Logistics, 2016 Vol.2 No.3, pp.193 - 205

Received: 30 May 2015
Accepted: 03 Nov 2015
Published online: 22 Aug 2016 *

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