This monograph explores the synchronization of large-scale, multi-agent
dynamical systems in the presence of disturbances, delays, and
time-varying networks. Drawing upon their extensive work in this area,
the authors provide a thorough treatment of agents with higher-order
dynamics, different classes of models for agents, and the underlying
networks representing the agents' actions. The high technical level of
their presentation and their rigorous mathematical approach make this a
timely and valuable resource that will fill a gap in the existing
literature.
Divided into two sections, the first part of the book focuses on state
synchronization of homogeneous multi-agent systems. The authors consider
state synchronization by determining control strategies for both
continuous- and discrete-time systems that achieve state synchronization
under both full- and partial-state coupling. The chapters that follow
examine multi-agent systems with both linear and nonlinear time-varying
agents, input-delays for continuous- and discrete-time systems, and
communication delays for continuous-time systems. The second part of the
book is dedicated to regulated output synchronization of heterogeneous
multi-agent systems with linear and nonlinear agents. Both sections of
the book include performance considerations in H2- and H-infinity norms
in the presence of external disturbances.
Research on synchronization of multi-agent systems has been growing in
popularity and is highly interdisciplinary, with applications to
automobile systems, aerospace systems, multiple-satellite GPS and
high-resolution satellite imagery, aircraft formations, highway traffic
platooning, industrial process control with multiple processes, and
more. Synchronization of Multi-Agent Systems in the Presence of
Disturbances and Delays will therefore be of interest to upper-level
graduate students, researchers, and engineers in industry working on
interconnected dynamical systems.
