An Optimization-Based Consensus Approach for Distributed Density Regulation of Swarms

Di Cui; Huiping Li

doi:10.1109/JAS.2025.125873

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May 2026

IEEE/CAA Journal of Automatica Sinica

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D. Cui and H. Li, “An optimization-based consensus approach for distributed density regulation of swarms,” IEEE/CAA J. Autom. Sinica, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1248–1250, May 2026. doi: 10.1109/JAS.2025.125873

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D. Cui and H. Li, “An optimization-based consensus approach for distributed density regulation of swarms,” IEEE/CAA J. Autom. Sinica, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 1248–1250, May 2026. doi: 10.1109/JAS.2025.125873

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