Coordinative control of multi-agent systems using distributed nonlinear output regulation

In this paper, the coordinative control problem of a multiagent system with general nonlinear dynamics is addressed. This multiagent coordination problem can be formulated as a nonlinear output regulation problem, and in order to solve it, the nonlinear distributed coordinative control is designed to make the agents asymptotically track the reference or reject disturbance. The reference or disturbance signals are generated by an exosystem, which can be considered as active leaders or the environmental disturbance in the considered multiagent systems. Finally, an illustrative example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the main results.     

Group consensus of discrete-time multi-agent systems with fixed and stochastic switching topologies

This paper investigates the group consensus problem for discrete-time multi-agent systems with a fixed topology and stochastic switching topologies. The stochastic switching topologies are assumed to be governed by a finite-time Markov chain. The group consensus problem of the multi-agent systems is converted into the stability problem of the error systems by a model transformation. Based on matrix theory and linear system theory, we obtain two necessary and sufficient conditions of couple-group consensus for the case of fixed topology, and one necessary and sufficient condition of mean-square couple-group consensus for the case of stochastic switching topologies. Algorithms are provided to design the feasible control gains. Then, the results are extended to the case of multi-group consensus. Finally, simulation examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed results.     

Second-order consensus seeking in directed networks of multi-agent dynamical systems via generalized linear local interaction protocols

This paper focuses on the analytical study of final consensus convergence state of multi-agent dynamical systems by using a kind of generalized linear local interaction protocols. All the agents in the fixed directed network topology are governed by double-integrator dynamics. Almost all the existing linear local interaction consensus protocols can be considered as special cases of the present paper. By combining the algebraic graph theory and the matrix theory, some necessary and sufficient conditions are derived for reaching the second-order consensus. Moreover, the finial consensus convergence states of all agents are also be analytically determined. According to the obtained results, it is found that both the linear gains and the eigenvalues of the Laplacian matrix associated with the directed network topology play key roles in reaching consensus. Finally, the effectiveness and correctness of our theoretical findings are demonstrated by some numerical examples.     

Observer-based event-triggered adaptive containment control for multiagent systems with prescribed performance

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper focuses on the problem of the event-triggered adaptive containment control for a class of nonlinear multiagent systems (MASs) with prescribed performance and...     

Event-triggered based $$\pmb {L_{2}-L_{\infty }}$$L2-L∞ filtering for multiagent systems with Markovian jumping topologies under time-varying delays

Nonlinear Dynamics - In this article, we analyze the $$L_{2}-L_{\infty }$$ filtering of multiagent systems for Markovian switch topologies under time-varying delays with an influence of...     

Adaptive formation control of networked Lagrangian systems with a moving leader

Nonlinear Dynamics - This paper investigates the formation control problem of networked Lagrangian systems with a moving leader under the directed network topology. A special form of geometric...     

Finite-time optimal formation tracking control of vehicles in horizontal plane

This paper studies the problem of finite-time optimal formation tracking for planar vehicles which are considered as rigid bodies, under the condition that the tracking time is given according to task requirements in advance. By using Pontryagin’s maximum principle (PMP) on a Lie group, an optimal control law is designed for vehicles with holonomic dynamics to track a desired reference trajectory at the given tracking time in the manner of rigid formation which is also specified by task requirements. Simultaneously, a corresponding cost function is considered and guaranteed to be optimal. Then, the above mentioned result of tracking is extended to the case of multi-vehicle systems with a directed-tree communication topology. Furthermore, some conditions are proposed to ensure the adjoint orbits of vehicles to be non-holonomic. Finally, the numerical simulations are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

多工况结构拓扑优化的灰色权重折衷规划模型法

针对多工况结构拓扑优化问题中的载荷病态现象,基于RAMP (Rational Approximation of Material Properties)拓扑优化模型,提出应用灰色理论确定工况权重系数,并将应变能目标函数归一化的折衷规划模型法．通过专家评价方法获得工况权重系数的灰色区间,结合灰色理论计算工况权重系数灰色区间的精确值,并采用导重法推导出多工况结构拓扑优化问题的求解迭代表达式．通过定义载荷比描述载荷病态的程度,对多工况结构拓扑优化典型算例在不同载荷比及不同工况权重系数下进行结构拓扑优化分析．优化结果表明,灰色权重折衷规划模型及求解方法对多工况结构拓扑优化问题具有高效、稳定的特点,能够克服载荷病态问题,并通过大跨度甲板强横梁的结构拓扑优化设计证明本文设计方法的有效性．     

Shape optimization and its extension to topological design based on isogeometric analysis

In most of structural optimization approaches, finite element method (FEM) has been employed for structural response analysis and sensitivity calculation. However, the approaches generally suffer certain drawbacks. In shape optimization, cumbersome parameterization of design domain is required and time consuming remeshing task is also necessary. In topology optimization, design results are generally restricted on the initial design space and additional post-processing is required for communication with CAD systems. These drawbacks are due to the use of different mathematical languages in design or geometric modeling and numerical analysis: spline basis functions are used in design and geometric modeling whereas Lagrangian and Hermitian polynomials in analysis. Isogeometric analysis is a very attractive and promising alternative to overcome the limitations resulting from the use of the conventional FEM in structural optimization. In isogeometric analysis, the same spline information such as control points and spline basis functions which represent geometries in CAD systems are also used in numerical analysis. Such unification of the mathematical languages in CAD, analysis and design optimization can resolve the issues mentioned above. In this work, structural shape optimization using isogeometric analysis is studied on 2D and shell problems. The proposed framework is extended to topology optimization using trimming techniques. New inner fronts are introduced by trimming spline curves in topology optimization. Trimmed surface analysis which was recently proposed to analyze arbitrary complex topology problems is employed for topology optimization. Some benchmarking problems in shape and topology optimization are treated using the proposed approach.     

Bottom-Up Consensus Formation in Voting Games

The dynamics of positions of political parties have been extensively studied by both numerical and agent-based approaches. We focus on the dynamics of formation and division of parties, particularly on how game rules to determine a winning party influences the agents' decision-making and process to reaching a consensus, and we perform an agent-based simulation using a game model called Spatial Voting Game. In this paper, we briefly describe the game as an environment of our agent-based simulation and learning architecture of agents for adaptive players in a multiagent system. Then we present simulation results showing that the players' strategies acquired by evolutionary operator and the process to form parties in a negotiation are different according to the game rules.     

连续体结构破损-安全拓扑优化预估失效区域的理性准则

本文指出,连续体结构拓扑优化研究方向,从2016年Zhou的研究开始,进入了一个新阶段：离散结构的设计继续从连续体拓扑优化的结果获益,同时连续体拓扑优化的理论可以从离散结构的拓扑优化中受益。借此新阶段,本文针对连续体结构破损-安全的拓扑优化问题,通过几何分析途径,建立了预估破损区域的理性准则,即给出了结构局部破损模式尺寸上、下限及相邻局部破损区域的间距上、下限。以此理性准则,分析了Janson及Zhou给出的破损区域预估分布策略的各自优缺点,并通过算例对于相关策略进行了验证。结果表明：Janson的策略过于保守而导致不必要的极大计算量;Zhou的无缝平铺的策略不能保证所有拓扑生成离散元件通过破损测试,但在多数情况下仍可以得到具有足够冗余的最优拓扑;本文提出的以满足理性准则的方式布置破损区域,可以保证所有拓扑生成离散元件通过破损测试,并保证得到更多冗余的最优拓扑。本文的研究表明,预估破损区域的理性准则条件,为连续体结构破损-安全拓扑优化问题,提供了表述局部破损区域的理论进展。     

Dynamic Systems Analysis and Control Based on a Configuration Manifold Model

This paper presents a configuration manifold model for the analysis of dynamic systems and the development of control algorithms from both geometrical and topological points of view. The fundamental theory of surfaces and differential manifolds endowed with Riemannian metrics is overviewed. The concepts of configuration manifolds (C-manifolds) and their immersions and embeddings are then introduced and applied to dynamic systems modeling. An explicit form of the smooth embedding for a given dynamic system with its C-manifold is derived. In an open serial-chain robotic system, a topological equivalence, i.e. a homeomorphism, is found and shown to be useful for dynamic model reduction. With topology being viewed as the structure of geometry, we discover and prove that the kinematics of a dynamic system determines its topology so that the kinematics is virtually a structure of the system's dynamics. This key point of view is further extended to the development of an adaptive control strategy. A computer simulation study is finally performed to verify the proposed model and adaptive control scheme.     

航空发动机叶片抗冲击动力学拓扑优化研究

本文运用了结合混合元胞自动机(Hybrid Cellular Automaton, HCA)方法和基于LS-DYNA显式有限元算法的动力学拓扑优化方法来解决非线性动力学拓扑优化问题,并形成了该方法迭代过程的数学模型．运用该方法,对某航空发动机叶片进行了动力学拓扑优化设计,给出了优化后结构的材料分布,并与优化前结构进行了对比分析．结果表明,优化后结构相比于优化前在材料分布上更加合理,在减少质量的同时降低了结构在冲击过程中的最大应力,实现了航空发动机的抗冲击优化,为航空发动机动态优化设计提供了有效分析方法．     

Comments on recent results bearing on the rubber elasticity theory

Summary A short survey of the present status of the rubber elasticity theory, with specific regard to the controversialC ₂ term of theMooney-Rivlin equation, is given. The implications of recent results, particularly those concerned with alterations of the network topology, are discussed. The occurrence of theC ₂ term in conventional networks, and deviations from theoretical expectation in the case of oriented networks, are attributed to complex topology and to non-equilibrium effects.     

结构拓扑优化研究方法综述

结构拓扑优化研究方法目前有解析方法和数值方法两大类.首先介绍了解析方法中的 Michell理论,它在结构拓扑优化领域研究较早,影响最为深远.随后着重讨论了杆系和连 续体结构拓扑优化的数值方法.杆系结构常采用基结构方法,通过删除部分杆件达到结构 拓扑优化的目的.连续体结构一般要划分为有限单元,通过删除单元形成带孔的连续体, 以实现拓扑优化.介绍了连续体结构拓扑优化常采用的材料模型:各向同性、各向异性和 带微结构材料.并对连续体结构(0-1)拓扑优化中的数值计算不稳定问题的机理进行了分 析,给出了解决方法.此外,对应力约束问题存在解的奇异性现象也作了简要介绍.最后, 对数值方法中的主要数学求解方法进行了简单介绍.     

Adaptive projective synchronization of dynamical networks with distributed time delays

In this paper, the adaptive projective synchronization of dynamical network with distributed time delays is investigated. Network with unknown topology and network with both unknown topology and system parameters of node dynamics are considered respectively. Based on Lyapunov stability theory and LaSalle’s invariance principle, the sufficient conditions for achieving projective synchronization are obtained. Numerical examples are provided to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Field Scale Characterization of Geological Formations Using Percolation Theory

The connectivity of high conductivity pathways in geological formations depend on the spatial distribution of geological heterogeneities that may appear on various length scales. Appropriate modeling of this is crucial within in hydrology and petroleum systems. The approach taken in this study is to use percolation theory to quantify the connectivity, hydraulic conductivity, and breakthrough time behavior between an injector and a producer within such systems. In particular, a three-dimensional overlapping sandbody model is considered which assumes that the geological formation can be split into either conductive flow units (i.e., good sands) or non-conductive units (i.e., poor sands). The results are the master curves for the formation connectivity as well as the hydraulic conductivity and breakthrough time. The percolation approach is then validated against Burgan offshore reservoir dataset which reveal good matches when compared with the results obtained from computationally expensive conventional methods.     

Consensus of second-order multi-agent systems with nonlinear dynamics and switching topology

This paper is concerned with the consensus problem in second-order multi-agent systems with nonlinear dynamics and switching topology. The switching rule is assumed to switch among a finite number of undirected graphs and be trajectory dependent. By using Lyapunov–Metzler inequalities, some easily checkable conditions are obtained to guarantee that consensus can be achieved by a state switching rule. Two examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained results.     

A divide and conquer algorithm for constrained multibody system dynamics based on augmented Lagrangian method with projections-based error correction

This paper presents a?new parallel algorithm for dynamics simulation of general multibody systems. The developed formulations are iterative and possess divide and conquer structure. The constraints equations are imposed at the acceleration level. Augmented Lagrangian methods with mass-orthogonal projections are used to prevent from constraint violation errors. The proposed approaches treat tree topology mechanisms or multibody systems which contain kinematic closed loops in a?uniform manner and can handle problems with rank deficient Jacobian matrices. Test case results indicate good accuracy performance dependent on the expense put in the iterative correction of constraint equations. Good numerical properties and robustness of the algorithms are observed when handling systems with single and coupled kinematic loops, redundant constraints, which may repeatedly enter singular configurations.     

连续体结构拓扑优化应力约束凝聚化的ICM方法

为克服应力约束下拓扑优化问题约束数目多、应力敏度计算量大的困难，提出 了应力约束化凝聚化的ICM方法. 在利用Mises强度理论将应力约束转换成应变能约束后， 提出了应力约束凝聚化的两条途径：其一为应力全局化的方法，其二为应力约束集成化的方 法. 由此建立了多工况下以重量为目标、以凝聚化应变能为约束的连续体结构优化模型，并 利用对偶理论对优化模型进行了求解. 4个数值算例表明：该方法具有较高的计算效率，得 到的拓扑结构比较合理，不仅适用于二维连续体结构，也适用于三维连续体结构.