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Optimal model-free output synchronization of heterogeneous systems using off-policy reinforcement learning

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This paper considers optimal output synchronization of heterogeneous linear multi-agent systems and shows that this optimal distributed approach implicitly solves the output regulation equations without actually doing so.
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This article is published in Automatica.The article was published on 2016-09-01 and is currently open access. It has received 128 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Synchronization (computer science) & Reinforcement learning.

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Adaptive Dynamic Programming for Control: A Survey and Recent Advances

TL;DR: In this article, the adaptive dynamic programming (ADP) with applications in control is reviewed, and the use of ADP to solve game problems, mainly nonzero-sum game problems is elaborated.
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Leader–Follower Output Synchronization of Linear Heterogeneous Systems With Active Leader Using Reinforcement Learning

TL;DR: In this article, an off-policy reinforcement learning algorithm is developed to solve the inhomogeneous algebraic Riccati equations (AREs) online in real time and without requiring any knowledge of the agents' dynamics.
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Optimal Containment Control of Unknown Heterogeneous Systems With Active Leaders

TL;DR: This brief presents a partially model-free solution to the distributed containment control of multiagent systems using off-policy reinforcement learning (RL) using inhomogeneous algebraic Riccati equations (AREs) to solve the optimal containment control with active leaders.
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Data-Driven Distributed Optimal Consensus Control for Unknown Multiagent Systems With Input-Delay

TL;DR: A policy iteration algorithm based on distributed asynchronous update mechanism is proposed to learn the coupled Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equations online and the measured data-based critic-actor neural networks are adopted to approximate the value functions and the control policies, respectively.
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Optimal Robust Output Containment of Unknown Heterogeneous Multiagent System Using Off-Policy Reinforcement Learning

TL;DR: A model-free off-policy integral reinforcement learning algorithm is proposed to solve the optimal robust output containment problem of heterogeneous MAS, in real time, without requiring any knowledge of the system dynamics.
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Information consensus in multivehicle cooperative control

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Distributed Consensus in Multi-vehicle Cooperative Control

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a survey of the use of consensus algorithms in multi-vehicle cooperative control, including single-and double-integrator dynamical systems, rigid-body attitude dynamics, rendezvous and axial alignment, formation control, deep-space formation flying, fire monitoring and surveillance.
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Consensus of Multiagent Systems and Synchronization of Complex Networks: A Unified Viewpoint

TL;DR: In this article, a distributed observer-type consensus protocol based on relative output measurements is proposed to solve the consensus problem of multi-agent systems with a time-invariant communication topology consisting of general linear node dynamics.
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