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    This study introduces an event-triggered distributed average-consensus protocol for multiagent systems, enabling efficient data exchange over digital networks. The protocol achieves exponential consensus convergence using minimal one-bit communication per agent pair.

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    Area of Science:

    • Control Theory
    • Networked Systems
    • Distributed Computing

    Background:

    • Multiagent systems require consensus for coordinated behavior.
    • Limited communication data rates and energy constraints in digital networks pose challenges for achieving consensus.
    • Existing methods often require high communication bandwidth or lack robustness in directed network topologies.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an event-triggered distributed average-consensus protocol for discrete-time first-order multiagent systems.
    • To address limitations of finite-bit binary symbolic data exchange in digital communication channels.
    • To ensure reliable consensus achievement in general directed network topologies with energy constraints.

    Main Methods:

    • Design of novel event-triggered dynamic encoders and decoders for each agent.
    • Development of a distributed control algorithm based on the designed encoders/decoders.
    • Implementation of a scheme for selecting quantization levels (number of bits) dynamically to prevent quantizer saturation.

    Main Results:

    • Explicit characterization of the consensus convergence rate, dependent on network parameters, quantization, and control gains.
    • Demonstration that distributed average consensus can be achieved with exponential convergence rate using only one-bit information exchange per agent pair.
    • Validation of the protocol's feasibility and theoretical results through two simulation examples.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed event-triggered protocol effectively achieves distributed average consensus in multiagent systems under limited communication constraints.
    • The dynamic quantization scheme and one-bit communication strategy are crucial for efficient and robust consensus.
    • The findings offer a practical approach for implementing distributed consensus in real-world networked systems with bandwidth and energy limitations.