Springer Team Cooperation in a Network of Multi-Vehicle Unmanned Systems: Synthesis of Consensus Algorithms

Team Cooperation in a Network of Multi-Vehicle Unmanned Systems develops a framework for modeling and control of a network of multi-agent unmanned systems in a cooperative manner and with consideration of non-ideal and practical considerations. The main focus of this book is the development of “synthesis-based” algorithms rather than on conventional “analysis-based” approaches to the team cooperation, specifically the team consensus problems. The authors provide a set of modified “design-based” consensus algorithms whose optimality is verified through introduction of performance indices. Review From the book reviews:“The book is structured in six chapters, a rich list of references, an index terms, a list of explanations of the figures which are included. … The book is targeted for researchers, scientists and graduate-level university students who are interested in becoming familiar with design of consensus-seeking algorithms in the general area of networked dynamical systems.” (Vasile Dragan, zbMATH, Vol. 1304, 2015) From the Back Cover Team Cooperation in a Network of Multi-Vehicle Unmanned Systems develops a framework for modeling and control of a network of multi-agent unmanned systems in a cooperative manner and with consideration of non-ideal and practical considerations. The main focus of this book is the development of “synthesis-based” algorithms rather than on conventional “analysis-based” approaches to the team cooperation, specifically the team consensus problems. The authors provide a set of modified “design-based” consensus algorithms whose optimality is verified through introduction of performance indices. This book also: Provides synthesis-based methodology for team cooperation Introduces a consensus-protocol optimized performance index  Offers comparisons for use of proper indices in measuring team performance Analyzes and predicts  performance of  previously designed consensus algorithms Analyses and predicts team behavior in the presence of non-ideal considerations such as actuator anomalies and faults as well as the evolutions in the structure of the information exchange Team Cooperation in a Network of Multi-Vehicle Unmanned Systems is an ideal book for researchers as well as graduate-level university students who desire to work in the area of networked unmanned systems. About the Author Dr. Khashayar Khorasani, Concordia University, kash@ece.concordia.ca Dr. Elham Semsar-Kazerooni, University of Toronto, elham.semsar.kazerooni@utoronto.ca