A parallel distributed coordination-by-constraint strategy for multi-agent networked systems

Abstract

In this paper a novel parallel distributed supervision strategy for networked interconnected linear systems is presented. We assume that such systems are locally regulated, possibly dynamically coupled and connected via data links. Pointwise-in-time coordination constraints on the evolutions of relevant system variables are present and need to be enforced during the overall system evolutions. The paper extends some recent results related to this coordination-by-constraint approach, achieved by resorting to Sequential Distributed Command Governor ideas. This novel parallel distributed strategy is fully described and analyzed and it is compared with earlier sequential strategies in the final example.