Velocity Adaptation for Synchronizing a Mobile Agent Network

Lijing Li¹, Hui Yan¹, Hui Li¹ and Chunxi Zhang¹

School of Instrumentation Science and Opto-electronics Engineering
Beihang University, 100191 Beijing, China
{lilijingbuaa, huiy, lihui, zhangcx}@gmail.com

Abstract

This paper investigates the problem of synchronizing a mobile agent network by means of a velocity adaptation strategy, where each agent is assigned different moving velocities to establish a time-varying network topology, and the velocity of each agent develops adaptively according to the local property between itself and its neighbors. We show that our strategy is effective in enhancing the synchronizability of the mobile agent network, i.e., the region of power density for which the network can achieve synchronization is enlarged as compared to the fast-switching case. In addition, the influence of the controlling parameter on network evolution is studied by assessing the convergence time.

Key words

mobile agents, velocity adaptation, complex coupled networks, synchronization

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.2298/CSIS110315060L

Publication information

Volume 8, Issue 4 (October 2011)
Cyber-Physical Networks and Software
Year of Publication: 2011
ISSN: 2406-1018 (Online)
Publisher: ComSIS Consortium

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Li, L., Yan, H., Li, H., Zhang, C.: Velocity Adaptation for Synchronizing a Mobile Agent Network. Computer Science and Information Systems, Vol. 8, No. 4, 1303-1315. (2011), https://doi.org/10.2298/CSIS110315060L