A Construction Method of Fault-Tolerant Topology for Multi-agent Systems
WANG Qiang, CHEN Jie, FANG Hao
1.School of Automation, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081 2.Key Laboratory of Intelligent Control and Decision of Complex Systems, Beijing 100081
Abstract The fault-tolerant topology is important for multi-agent systems to complete the established objectives and tasks based on distributed cooperative control. The fault-tolerant topology of multi-agent systems is studied. A clustering algorithm based on weight is presented, and the hierarchical topology is constructed by distributed extraction of the virtual backbone network. A bi-connected network is realized using a distributed algorithm which combines articulation node-based algorithm with control of relay nodes on the basis of hierarchical structure. Application of the method to the networked fire-control system is represented. Experimental results show that the proposed methods enhance the fault tolerance of topology for multi-agent systems, which lays the foundations for the networked unmanned warfare theory into practice.
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