Exploiting Nodes Symmetries to Control Synchronization and Consensus Patterns in Multiagent Systems

Davide Fiore, Giovanni Russo, Mario Di Bernardo

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Abstract

We present new conditions to obtain synchronization and consensus patterns in complex network systems. The key idea is to exploit symmetries of the nodes’ vector fields to induce a desired synchronization/consensus pattern, where nodes are clustered in different groups each converging towards a different synchronized evolution. We show that the new conditions we present offer a systematic methodology to design a distributed network controller able to drive a network of interest towards a desired synchronization/consensus pattern.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)364-369
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Control Systems Letters
Volume1
Issue number2
Early online date22 Jun 2017
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Oct 2017

Research Groups and Themes

  • Engineering Mathematics Research Group

Keywords

  • Network analysis and control
  • Distributed control
  • Control of networks

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