Aiming at the group of autonomous agents consisting of multiple leader agents and multiple follower ones,a flocking behavior method with multiple leaders and a global trajectory was proposed.In this flocking method,th...Aiming at the group of autonomous agents consisting of multiple leader agents and multiple follower ones,a flocking behavior method with multiple leaders and a global trajectory was proposed.In this flocking method,the group leaders can attain the information of the global trajectory,while each follower can communicate with its neighbors and corresponding leader but does not have global knowledge.Being to a distributed control method,the proposed method firstly sets a movable imaginary point on the global trajectory to ensure that the center and average velocity of the leader agents satisfy the constraints of the global trajectory.Secondly,a two-stage strategy was proposed to make the whole group satisfy the constraints of the global trajectory.Moreover,the distance between the center of the group and the desired trajectory was analyzed in detail according to the number ratio of the followers to the leaders.In this way,on one hand,the agents of the group emerge a basic flocking behavior; on the other hand,the center of the group satisfies the constraints of global trajectory.Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.展开更多
This paper asks a new question： how can we control the collective behavior of self-organized multi-agent systems？ We try to answer the question by proposing a new notion called ＇Soft Control＇ which keeps the local...This paper asks a new question： how can we control the collective behavior of self-organized multi-agent systems？ We try to answer the question by proposing a new notion called ＇Soft Control＇ which keeps the local rule of the existing agents in the system. We show the feasibility of soft control by a case study. Consider the simple but typical distributed multi-agent model proposed by Vicsek et al. for flocking of birds： each agent moves with the same speed but with different headings which are updated using a local rule based on the average of its own heading and the headings of its neighbors. Most studies of this model are about the self-organized collective behavior, such as synchronization of headings. We want to intervene in the collective behavior （headings） of the group by soft control. A specified method is to add a special agent, called a ＇Shill＇, which can be controlled by us but is treated as an ordinary agent by other agents. We construct a control law for the shill so that it can synchronize the whole group to an objective heading. This control law is proved to be effective analytically and numerieally. Note that soft control is different from the approach of distributed control. It is a natural way to intervene in the distributed systems. It may bring out many interesting issues and challenges on the control of complex systems.展开更多
基金Projects(61170160,61202338)supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China
文摘Aiming at the group of autonomous agents consisting of multiple leader agents and multiple follower ones,a flocking behavior method with multiple leaders and a global trajectory was proposed.In this flocking method,the group leaders can attain the information of the global trajectory,while each follower can communicate with its neighbors and corresponding leader but does not have global knowledge.Being to a distributed control method,the proposed method firstly sets a movable imaginary point on the global trajectory to ensure that the center and average velocity of the leader agents satisfy the constraints of the global trajectory.Secondly,a two-stage strategy was proposed to make the whole group satisfy the constraints of the global trajectory.Moreover,the distance between the center of the group and the desired trajectory was analyzed in detail according to the number ratio of the followers to the leaders.In this way,on one hand,the agents of the group emerge a basic flocking behavior; on the other hand,the center of the group satisfies the constraints of global trajectory.Simulation results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.
基金This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.20336040.No.60574068.and No.60221301).
文摘This paper asks a new question： how can we control the collective behavior of self-organized multi-agent systems？ We try to answer the question by proposing a new notion called ＇Soft Control＇ which keeps the local rule of the existing agents in the system. We show the feasibility of soft control by a case study. Consider the simple but typical distributed multi-agent model proposed by Vicsek et al. for flocking of birds： each agent moves with the same speed but with different headings which are updated using a local rule based on the average of its own heading and the headings of its neighbors. Most studies of this model are about the self-organized collective behavior, such as synchronization of headings. We want to intervene in the collective behavior （headings） of the group by soft control. A specified method is to add a special agent, called a ＇Shill＇, which can be controlled by us but is treated as an ordinary agent by other agents. We construct a control law for the shill so that it can synchronize the whole group to an objective heading. This control law is proved to be effective analytically and numerieally. Note that soft control is different from the approach of distributed control. It is a natural way to intervene in the distributed systems. It may bring out many interesting issues and challenges on the control of complex systems.
