Consensus algorithms

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Author: Dr. John Tsitsiklis, MIT, Cambridge, MA

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Dr. John Tsitsiklis accepted the invitation on 8 February 2008 (self-imposed deadline: 8 June 2009).

This article will briefly cover: a) An overview of iterative consensus algorithms based on repeated averaging; b) application domains where these have arisen; b) convergence conditions; c) convergence rate results

Invited by: Dr. Jean-Jacques Slotine, Nonlinear Systems Lab, MIT, Cambridge, MA
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