Conformability in multi-agent systems with time-varying delayed communication
Xiaofeng Wu · Journal of Naval University of Engineering · 2011
An algorithm was proposed for solving the conformability in the multi-agent systems with time-varying delayed communication and reference state.Based on the algorithm,the problem of conformability was converted into the one of stability of an error system.Then,a sufficient LMI criterion for achieving conformability was derived with Lyapunov′s direct method.The result indicates that if the delay function is bounded,the network topology is a key to conformability.Finally,an application background about the multiple UUVs′ rendezvous problem was given and the effectiveness of the algorithm and criterion validated by the simulation.