Effect of time delays on the convergence speed of consensus dynamics
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2020-01
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Bilkent University
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We discuss consensus problems under time delays. The presence of time delays results in an infinite-dimensional system rather than a system of ordinary differential equations. It has been shown that information transmission delays do not influence whether the system converges to a consensus value; however, further effects of delays are unknown. We show that time delays in most graphs decreases the convergence speed; while somewhat surprisingly, they can improve convergence in certain special graphs. We discuss the structure of graphs for which such improvement is possible.
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Consensus problems, Time delays, Convergence speed, Undirected graphs, Directed graphs, Graph operations, Normalized laplacian, Stability