Wang, Fang; Chen, Xin; He, Yong; Wu, Min Finite-time consensus problem for second-order multi-agent systems under switching topologies. (English) Zbl 1386.93021 Asian J. Control 19, No. 5, 1756-1766 (2017). Summary: This paper investigates the finite-time consensus problem for multi-agent systems with second-order individual dynamics under switching topologies. A distributed continuous-time protocol is designed to guarantee finite-time consensus for homogeneous agents without predetermined leaders, i.e., it ensures agents asymptotically converge to an average consensus within finite time, even if the interaction topology among them is time-varying but stepwise jointly-connected. In particular, it introduces a distributed continuous-time protocol to reach consensus in finite time and reduce the chattering together. Finally, the simulation results are also given to validate the proposed approach. Cited in 3 Documents MSC: 93A14 Decentralized systems 68T42 Agent technology and artificial intelligence 05C90 Applications of graph theory 93C15 Control/observation systems governed by ordinary differential equations Keywords:multi-agent systems; finite-time consensus; switching topologies PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{F. Wang} et al., Asian J. Control 19, No. 5, 1756--1766 (2017; Zbl 1386.93021) Full Text: DOI