Agreeing asynchronously: Announcement of results

M. Cao*, A. S. Morse, B. D.O. Anderson

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    Abstract

    This paper formulates and solves a continuoustime version of the widely studied Vicsek consensus problem in which each agent independently updates its heading at times determined by its own clock. It is not assumed that the agents' clocks are synchronized or that the "event" times between which any one agent updates its heading are evenly spaced. Heading updates need not occur instantaneously. Using the concept of "analytic synchronization" together with several key results concerned with properties of "compositions" of directed graphs, it is shown that the conditions under which a consensus is achieved are essentially the same as those applicable in the synchronous discrete-time case provided the notion of an agent's neighbor between its event times is appropriately defined.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the 45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2006, CDC
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages4301-4306
    Number of pages6
    ISBN (Print)1424401712, 9781424401710
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2006
    Event45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2006, CDC - San Diego, CA, United States
    Duration: 13 Dec 200615 Dec 2006

    Publication series

    NameProceedings of the IEEE Conference on Decision and Control
    ISSN (Print)0743-1546
    ISSN (Electronic)2576-2370

    Conference

    Conference45th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control 2006, CDC
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CitySan Diego, CA
    Period13/12/0615/12/06

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