Optimal flock formation induced by agent heterogeneity
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| author | Montanari, Arthur N. Barioni, Ana Elisa D. Duan, Chao Motter, Adilson E. |
| author_facet | Montanari, Arthur N. Barioni, Ana Elisa D. Duan, Chao Motter, Adilson E. |
| contents | The study of flocking in biological systems has identified conditions for self-organized collective behavior, inspiring the development of decentralized strategies to coordinate the dynamics of swarms of drones and other autonomous vehicles. Previous research has focused primarily on the role of the time-varying interaction network among agents while assuming that the agents themselves are identical or nearly identical. Here, we depart from this conventional assumption to investigate how inter-individual differences between agents affect the stability and convergence in flocking dynamics. We show that flocks of agents with optimally assigned heterogeneous parameters significantly outperform their homogeneous counterparts, achieving 20-40% faster convergence to desired formations across various control tasks. These tasks include target tracking, flock formation, and obstacle maneuvering. In systems with communication delays, heterogeneity can enable convergence even when flocking is unstable for identical agents. Our results challenge existing paradigms in multi-agent control and establish system disorder as an adaptive, distributed mechanism to promote collective behavior in flocking dynamics. |
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| spellingShingle | Optimal flock formation induced by agent heterogeneity Montanari, Arthur N. Barioni, Ana Elisa D. Duan, Chao Motter, Adilson E. Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Systems and Control Dynamical Systems Optimization and Control Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems The study of flocking in biological systems has identified conditions for self-organized collective behavior, inspiring the development of decentralized strategies to coordinate the dynamics of swarms of drones and other autonomous vehicles. Previous research has focused primarily on the role of the time-varying interaction network among agents while assuming that the agents themselves are identical or nearly identical. Here, we depart from this conventional assumption to investigate how inter-individual differences between agents affect the stability and convergence in flocking dynamics. We show that flocks of agents with optimally assigned heterogeneous parameters significantly outperform their homogeneous counterparts, achieving 20-40% faster convergence to desired formations across various control tasks. These tasks include target tracking, flock formation, and obstacle maneuvering. In systems with communication delays, heterogeneity can enable convergence even when flocking is unstable for identical agents. Our results challenge existing paradigms in multi-agent control and establish system disorder as an adaptive, distributed mechanism to promote collective behavior in flocking dynamics. |
| title | Optimal flock formation induced by agent heterogeneity |
| topic | Disordered Systems and Neural Networks Systems and Control Dynamical Systems Optimization and Control Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.12297 |