Dong, Xiwang. <br/><br/>
Formation and Containment Control for High-order Linear Swarm Systems  [electronic resource] / 
by Xiwang Dong. 
 - XIX, 170 p. 41 illus., 27 illus. in color.  online resource. 
 - Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research,  2190-5053 .
 - Springer Theses, Recognizing Outstanding Ph.D. Research, .
<br/><br/>Introduction -- Preliminaries -- Consensus control of swarm systems -- Formation control of swarm systems -- Containment control of swarm systems -- Formation-containment control of swarm systems -- Conclusions and future work. 
<br/><br/> This book focuses on analysis and design problems for high-order linear time-invariant (LTI) swarm systems (multi-agent systems) to achieve consensus, formation, containment and formation-containment. As a first step, the concepts of practical consensus and formation-containment are introduced. Unlike previous research, the formation in this book can be time-varying. A general framework for consensus, consensus tracking, formation, containment and state formation-containment is presented for the first time. Sufficient/necessary and sufficient conditions, and approaches to designing the protocols for swarm systems to achieve these control objectives, are respectively proposed. Autonomous time-varying formation experiments using five quadrotor unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are conducted in an outdoor setting to demonstrate the theoretical results. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9783662478363 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>10.1007/978-3-662-47836-3  doi 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Engineering.<br/>Artificial intelligence.<br/>System theory.<br/>Control engineering.<br/>Engineering.<br/>Control.<br/>Systems Theory, Control.<br/>Complex Systems.<br/>Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TJ212-225 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>629.8