In the context of coupled-coordination control mechanisms, this book focuses on the delay robustness of consensus problems with asynchronously coupled and synchronously coupled consensus algorithms respectively. Moreover, constructive consensus algorithms that tolerate larger communication delays are proposed according to idea of compensation. By providing rigorous theoretical proofs and numerous numerical simulations, it enhances readers' understanding of the consensus coordination control mechanism of multi-agent systems with communication delays.

The first book available on delay robustness analysis of the consensus problem for multi-agent systems subjected to communication delays Broadens readers' understanding of the comparison between asynchronously coupled and synchronously coupled consensus algorithms Demonstrates the delay effects on the final consensus behavior and consensus convergence Illustrates that constructive consensus algorithms have better delay robustness than conventional synchronously-coupled consensus algorithms Shares many tips and insights into simulations Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Cheng-Lin Liu is an associate professor at Jiangnan University. His research interests include distributed coordination control of multi-agent systems, networked control system, iterative learning control. He has published over 30 Journal papers in recent years, of which 15 are international and SCI journal papers. He won the Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award of Southeast University, Nanjing, China, in 2010. He has been invited to be a peer reviewer for international journals, including: Automatica, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, IET Control Theory and Applications, Journal of the Franklin Institute, International Journal of Systems Science, etc. Fei Liu is a professor at Jiangnan University. His research interests include advanced control theory and applications, batch process control engineering, distributed control systems and coordination control of multi-agent systems. He has been invited to be a peer reviewer for international journals, including: IEEE Trans on Automatic Control, Automatica, IEEE Trans on Industrial Electronics, Journal of Process Control, International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control, etc.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Preliminaries.- Consensus analysis of delayed multi-agent systems.- Difference-compensated consensus algorithms.- Predictor-based consensus algorithms.- Conclusions.