Flocking of multi-agent systems with multiplicative and independent measurement noises

Yongzheng Sun, Yajun Wang and Donghua Zhao

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, 2015, vol. 440, issue C, 81-89

Abstract: We investigate the effect of noise and group density on the emergence of flocking in a stochastic Cucker–Smale type system. We consider the independent and multiplicative measurement noise and derive sufficient conditions for flocking and non-flocking in terms of the noise intensity and group density. We report that, in noise environments, it is rather easy for the group with high density to form and maintain ordered group motion. Moreover, we find that, under the perturbation of multiplicative noise, systems with weak coupling can tolerate relatively strong perturbation of noise.

Keywords: Flocking; Multi-agent systems; White noise (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2015.08.005

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