Control processes

A problem of the equidistant deployment for discrete-time multiagent systems

A. Yu. Aleksandrov, A. I. Arakelov

St Petersburg State University, 7–9, Universitetskaya nab., St Petersburg, 199034, Russian Federation

Abstract: This article explores a discrete-time multiagent system on a line. This requires the design of a control protocol providing equidistant agent deployment on a given segment of the line under the constraint that each agent receives information about distances to its neighbors via an auxiliary agent. An approach to the solution of the stated problem is developed. This proves that, under the proposed control protocol, neither communication delay nor switching of communication graph destroy convergence of agents to the equidistant distribution. The results of a numerical simulation confirming the obtained theoretical conclusions are presented.

Keywords: multiagent system, formation control, discrete-time system, delay, switching, asymptotic stability.

UDC: 517.977

MSC: 39A30

Received: January 8, 2022
Accepted: February 1, 2022

Language: English

DOI: 10.21638/11701/spbu10.2022.114