ABSTRACT
This chapter aims to reduce requirements posed on communication, sensing, processing and energy resources in Multi-Agent Networks (MAN) without compromising the objectives of the MANs. In order to realize the full potential of MANs, one typically allows each agent of a network to interact with any agent of neighboring networks. The chapter describes that the desired performance is closed-loop stability. It presents the notation and terminology used throughout. The chapter analyses the self-triggered information exchange problem for MANs comprised of heterogeneous linear systems. It shows that problems related to feasibility of self-triggered mechanisms as well as to the related theoretical and experimental MAN performance vs. lifetime analyses. The chapter explains self-triggered mechanism. It describes the theoretical performance vs. lifetime trade-offs and experimental results for a single-integrator consensus case study. The chapter provides a comprehensive self-triggered communication scheme for managing resources of MANs.
