Conservation and decay laws in distributed coordination control systems

Zhiyong Sun, Shaoshuai Mou, Brian D.O. Anderson, Changbin Yu

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    Abstract

    In this paper we discuss and discover several conservation and associated decay laws in distributed coordination control systems, in particular in formation shape control systems. Specifically, we reveal conservations of linear momentum and angular momentum for gradient-based multi-agent formation systems modelled by single integrators, and show several corresponding conservation/decay laws for double-integrator formation stabilization systems and double-integrator flocking systems, respectively. By exploiting translation and rotation symmetry properties and insights from Noether's theorem, we further establish a multi-agent version of the relation between symmetry and conservation laws for gradient-based coordination systems derived from general potential functions, from which we generalize the conservation/decay laws to more general networked coordination control systems. The results hold in ambient spaces of any dimensions, and we focus on the 2-D and 3-D cases due to their natural interpretation as positions of agents.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)1-7
    Number of pages7
    JournalAutomatica
    Volume87
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Jan 2018

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