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Optimal consensus seeking in a network of multiagent systems: an LMI approach

Elham Semsar-Kazerooni, Khashayar Khorasani

    IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics. Part B, Cybernetics : a Publication of the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society
    |October 14, 2009
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    This study develops an optimal control strategy for multiagent systems to achieve stable consensus. A linear matrix inequality approach ensures consensus and enables semidecentralized control using only neighboring agent data.

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