@inbook{6aa24e7bdd1449d2a78423a8bf4d1e66,
title = "Introduction to Synchronization in Nature and Physics and Cooperative Control for Multi-Agent Systems on Graphs",
abstract = "This chapter presents an overview of synchronization behavior in nature and social systems. It is seen that distributed decisions made by each agent in a group based only on the information locally available to it can result in collective synchronized motion of an overall group. The idea of a communication graph that models the information flows in a multi-agent group is introduced. Mechanisms are given by which decisions can be made locally by each agent and informed leaders can guide collective behaviors by interacting directly with only a few agents. Synchronization and collective behavior phenomena are discussed in biological systems, physics and chemistry, and engineered systems. The dependence of collective behaviors of a group on the type of information flow allowed between its agents is emphasized. Various different graph topologies are presented including random graphs, small-world networks, scale-free networks, and distance formation graphs. The early work in cooperative control systems on graphs is outlined.",
keywords = "Migration, Vortex",
author = "Lewis, \{Frank L.\} and Hongwei Zhang and Kristian Hengster-Movric and Abhijit Das",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014, Springer-Verlag London Limited.",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-4471-5574-4\_1",
language = "英语",
series = "Communications and Control Engineering",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing",
number = "9781447155737",
pages = "1--21",
booktitle = "Communications and Control Engineering",
address = "瑞士",
edition = "9781447155737",
}