

Preprint 72/2015
A delayed consensus algorithm in networks of anticipatory agents
Fatihcan M. Atay and Dina Irofti
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Submission date: 28. Oct. 2015
published in: 2016 European Control Conference (ECC) ; Aalborg, Denmark, June 29-July 1, 2016
[Piscataway, NJ] : IEEE, 2016. - P. 1880 - 1885
DOI number (of the published article): 10.1109/ECC.2016.7810565
Bibtex
Keywords and phrases: synchronization, prediction, anticipation
Abstract:
We introduce and analyze a delayed consensus algorithm as a model for interacting agents using anticipation of their neighbors’ states to improve convergence to consensus. We derive a necessary and sufficient condition for the system to reach consensus. Furthermore, we explicitly calculate the dominant characteristic root of the consensus problem as a measure of the speed of convergence. The results show that the anticipatory algorithm can improve the speed of consensus, especially in networks with poor connectivity. Hence, anticipation can improve performance in networks if the delay parameter is chosen judiciously, otherwise the system might diverge as agents try to anticipate too aggressively into the future.