Distributed Omniscient Observers for Multi-Agent Systems

Abstract: This article proposes fully distributed omniscient observers for both heterogeneous and homogeneous linear multi-agent systems, through which each agent can estimate the states of all agents. The proposed observers not only contribute to distributed Nash equilibrium seeking in multi-player games, but also provide a designable self-organization mechanism for artificial swarms to emulate biological social behaviors, including sheepdog herding and honeybee dance communication.