Thisbookaimstoexplainhowcollectivebehaviorisformedvialocalinteractionsunderimperfectcommunicationincomplexnetworkedsystems.Italsopresentssomenewdistributedprotocolsoralgorithmsforcomplexnetworkedsystemstocomplywithbandwidthlimitationandtoleratecommunicationdelays.《BR》 Thisbookwillbeofparticularinteresttothereadersduetothebenefits:1)itstudiestheeffectoftimedelayandquantizationonthecollectivebehaviorbynon-smoothanalyticaltechniqueandalgebraicgraphtheory;2)itintroducestheevent-basedconsensusmethodunderdelayedinformationtransmission;Inthemeantime,itpresentssomenovelapproachestohandlethecommunicationconstraintsinnetworkedsystems;3)itgivessomesynchronizationandcontrolstrategiesforcomplexnetworkedsystemswithlimitedcommunicationabilities.Furthermore,itprovidesaconsensusrecoveryapproachformulti-agentsystemswithnodefailure.Also,itpresentsinterestingresultsaboutbipartiteconsensusandfixed-time/finite-timebipartiteconsensusofnetworkswithcooperativeandantagonisticinteractions.
