scholarly journals On the Stability of Swarm Consensus Under Noisy Control

Author(s):  
Bruce Rogers ◽  
Gregory K. Fricke ◽  
Devendra P. Garg

Representation of a swarm of independent robotic agents under graph-theoretic constructs allows for more formal analysis of convergence properties. We consider the local and global convergence behavior of an N-member swarm of agents in a modified consensus problem wherein the connectivity of agents is governed by probabilistic functions. The addition of a random walk control ensures ε-stability of the swarm consensus. Simulation results are given to show the rate of convergence to consensus and planned experiments are described.

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (7) ◽  
pp. 3744
Author(s):  
Mingcheng Zhu ◽  
Shouqian Li ◽  
Xianglong Wei ◽  
Peng Wang

Fishbone-shaped dikes are always built on the soft soil submerged in the water, and the soft foundation settlement plays a key role in the stability of these dikes. In this paper, a novel and simple approach was proposed to predict the soft foundation settlement of fishbone dikes by using the extreme learning machine. The extreme learning machine is a single-hidden-layer feedforward network with high regression and classification prediction accuracy. The data-driven settlement prediction models were built based on a small training sample size with a fast learning speed. The simulation results showed that the proposed methods had good prediction performances by facilitating comparisons of the measured data and the predicted data. Furthermore, the final settlement of the dike was predicted by using the models, and the stability of the soft foundation of the fishbone-shaped dikes was assessed based on the simulation results of the proposed model. The findings in this paper suggested that the extreme learning machine method could be an effective tool for the soft foundation settlement prediction and assessment of the fishbone-shaped dikes.


Sensors ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (7) ◽  
pp. 2347
Author(s):  
Yanyan Wang ◽  
Lin Wang ◽  
Ruijuan Zheng ◽  
Xuhui Zhao ◽  
Muhua Liu

In smart homes, the computational offloading technology of edge cloud computing (ECC) can effectively deal with the large amount of computation generated by smart devices. In this paper, we propose a computational offloading strategy for minimizing delay based on the back-pressure algorithm (BMDCO) to get the offloading decision and the number of tasks that can be offloaded. Specifically, we first construct a system with multiple local smart device task queues and multiple edge processor task queues. Then, we formulate an offloading strategy to minimize the queue length of tasks in each time slot by minimizing the Lyapunov drift optimization problem, so as to realize the stability of queues and improve the offloading performance. In addition, we give a theoretical analysis on the stability of the BMDCO algorithm by deducing the upper bound of all queues in this system. The simulation results show the stability of the proposed algorithm, and demonstrate that the BMDCO algorithm is superior to other alternatives. Compared with other algorithms, this algorithm can effectively reduce the computation delay.


2011 ◽  
Vol 58-60 ◽  
pp. 1018-1024
Author(s):  
Feng Ye ◽  
Gui Chen Xu ◽  
Di Kang Zhu

This paper reviews several current methods of calculating buffer on the basis of pointing out each merits and pitfalls and then introduces Bayesian statistical approach to CCS / BM domain to calculate the size of the project buffer, to overcome that the current method of the buffer calculation is too subjective and the defect on lacking of practical application. In Crystal Ball, we compare the simulation results of implementation process on the benchmark of C&PM, RESM and SM. The results show that the buffer using this method can ensure the stability of the project’s completion probability, and this method has great flexibility.


2000 ◽  
Vol 416 ◽  
pp. 29-43
Author(s):  
RENÉ PINET ◽  
E. G. PAVÍA

The stability of one-layer vortices with inhomogeneous horizontal density distributions is examined both analytically and numerically. Attention is focused on elliptical vortices for which the formal stability theorem proved by Ochoa, Sheinbaum & Pavía (1988) does not apply. Our method closely follows that of Ripa (1987) developed for the homogeneous case; and indeed they yield the same results when inhomogenities vanish. It is shown that a criterion from the formal analysis – the necessity of a radial increase in density for instability – does not extend to elliptical vortices. In addition, a detailed examination of the evolution of the inhomogeneous density fields, provided by numerical simulations, shows that homogenization, axisymmetrization and loss of mass to the surroundings are the main effects of instability.


2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Wang ◽  
Yuangui Zhou ◽  
Jianyi Xue ◽  
Delan Zhu

We focus on the synchronization of a wide class of four-dimensional (4-D) chaotic systems. Firstly, based on the stability theory in fractional-order calculus and sliding mode control, a new method is derived to make the synchronization of a wide class of fractional-order chaotic systems. Furthermore, the method guarantees the synchronization between an integer-order system and a fraction-order system and the synchronization between two fractional-order chaotic systems with different orders. Finally, three examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme and simulation results are given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.


Author(s):  
Vahid Bahrami ◽  
Ahmad Kalhor ◽  
Mehdi Tale Masouleh

This study intends to investigate a dynamic modeling and design of controller for a planar serial chain, performing 2-DoF, in interaction with a cable-driven robot. The under study system can be used as a rehabilitation setup which is helpful for those with arm disability. The latter goal can be achieved by applying the positive tensions of the cable-driven robot which are designed based on feedback linearization approach. To this end, the system dynamics formulation is developed using Lagrange approach and then the so-called Wrench-Closure Workspace (WCW) analysis is performed. Moreover, in the feedback linearization approach, the PD and PID controllers are used as auxiliary controllers input and the stability of the system is guaranteed as a whole. From the simulation results it follows that, in the presence of bounded disturbance based on Roots Mean Square Error (RMSE) criteria, the PID controller has better performance and tracking error of the 2-DoF robot joints are improved 15.29% and 24.32%, respectively.


1976 ◽  
Vol 13 (04) ◽  
pp. 733-740
Author(s):  
N. Veraverbeke ◽  
J. L. Teugels

Let Gn (x) be the distribution of the nth successive maximum of a random walk on the real line. Under conditions typical for complete exponential convergence, the decay of Gn (x) – limn→∞ Gn (x) is asymptotically equal to H(x) γn n–3/2 as n → ∞where γ < 1 and H(x) a function solely depending on x. For the case of drift to + ∞, G ∞(x) = 0 and the result is new; for drift to – ∞we give a new proof, simplifying and correcting an earlier version in [9].


1976 ◽  
Vol 13 (4) ◽  
pp. 733-740 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Veraverbeke ◽  
J. L. Teugels

Let Gn (x) be the distribution of the nth successive maximum of a random walk on the real line. Under conditions typical for complete exponential convergence, the decay of Gn (x) – limn→∞ Gn(x) is asymptotically equal to H(x) γn n–3/2 as n → ∞where γ < 1 and H(x) a function solely depending on x. For the case of drift to + ∞, G∞(x) = 0 and the result is new; for drift to – ∞we give a new proof, simplifying and correcting an earlier version in [9].


Author(s):  
Swathi Kommamuri ◽  
P. Sureshbabu

Power system stability improvement by a coordinate Design ofThyristor Controlled Series Compensator (TCSC) controller is addressed in this paper.Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) technique is employed for optimization of the parameterconstrained nonlinear optimization problem implemented in a simulation environment. The proposed controllers are tested on a weakly connected power system. The non-linear simulation results are presented. The eigenvalue analysis and simulation results show the effectiveness and robustness of proposed controllers to improve the stability performance of power system by efficient damping of low frequency oscillations under various disturbances.


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