Continuum Deformation of Multi-Agent Systems

• Main Author: Rastgoftar, Hossein (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Birkhäuser, 2016.
• Subjects: Mathematics.; System theory.; Control engineering.; Systems Theory, Control.; Control.

This monograph presents new algorithms for formation control of multi-agent systems (MAS) based on principles of continuum mechanics. Beginning with an overview of traditional methods, the author then introduces an innovative new approach whereby agents of an MAS are considered as particles in a con...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Homogeneous Deformation without Inter-Agent Communication
• Homogeneous Deformation under Local Control
• Higher Order Dynamics for MAS Evolution as Continuum Deformation
• Alignment as Biological Inspiration for Control of Multi-Agent Systems
• Deployment of a Multi-Agent System on a Desired Formation
• Appendix A: Kinematics of a Continuum
• Appendix B: Notions of Graph Theory.