This letter addresses to the problem of mobile agent deployment on a line segment. It is assumed that each agent receives information from some of its right and some of its left neighbors. A linear control protocol is proposed ensuring the agent convergence to the equidistant distribution on the segment. In addition, the problem of nonlinearly-uniform (uniform with respect to a given nonlinear function) deployment of agents is studied, and new control laws are designed providing such a deployment. It is proved that the proposed protocols are robust with respect to communication delays and switching of network topology. The results of a numerical simulation are presented demonstrating the efficiency of the developed approaches.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3218-3223
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Control Systems Letters
Volume6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022

    Research areas

  • Convergence, delay, Delays, Formation control, Mobile agents, Network topology, positive system, Protocols, Sensors, stability, Switches, switching

    Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Control and Optimization

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