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Practical Consensus of Multi-agent Networks with Communication Constraints

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Due to the limited bitrate of communication channels and limited bandwidth, communication constraints always exist in real-world systems which should be well considered in the design of control strategy or algorithm.

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  1. School of Mathematics, Southeast University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

    Jianquan Lu & Jinde Cao

  2. School of Mathematics, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei, Anhui, China

    Lulu Li

  3. Department of Mathematics, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Daniel W. C. Ho

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Lu, J., Li, L., Ho, D.W.C., Cao, J. (2021). Practical Consensus of Multi-agent Networks with Communication Constraints. In: Collective Behavior in Complex Networked Systems under Imperfect Communication. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-1506-1_3

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