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Main Authors: Köhler, Matthias, Müller, Matthias A., Allgöwer, Frank
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00225
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author Köhler, Matthias
Müller, Matthias A.
Allgöwer, Frank
author_facet Köhler, Matthias
Müller, Matthias A.
Allgöwer, Frank
contents We propose a distributed model predictive control (MPC) framework for coordinating heterogeneous, nonlinear multi-agent systems under individual and coupling constraints. The cooperative task is encoded as a shared objective function minimized collectively by the agents. Each agent optimizes an artificial reference as an intermediate step towards the cooperative objective, along with a control input to track it. We establish recursive feasibility, asymptotic stability, and transient performance bounds under suitable assumptions. The solution to the cooperative task is not predetermined but emerges from the optimized interactions of the agents. We demonstrate the framework on numerical examples inspired by satellite constellation control, collision-free narrow-passage traversal, and coordinated quadrotor flight.
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spellingShingle Distributed Model Predictive Control for Dynamic Cooperation of Multi-Agent Systems
Köhler, Matthias
Müller, Matthias A.
Allgöwer, Frank
Systems and Control
We propose a distributed model predictive control (MPC) framework for coordinating heterogeneous, nonlinear multi-agent systems under individual and coupling constraints. The cooperative task is encoded as a shared objective function minimized collectively by the agents. Each agent optimizes an artificial reference as an intermediate step towards the cooperative objective, along with a control input to track it. We establish recursive feasibility, asymptotic stability, and transient performance bounds under suitable assumptions. The solution to the cooperative task is not predetermined but emerges from the optimized interactions of the agents. We demonstrate the framework on numerical examples inspired by satellite constellation control, collision-free narrow-passage traversal, and coordinated quadrotor flight.
title Distributed Model Predictive Control for Dynamic Cooperation of Multi-Agent Systems
topic Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00225