Features detailed analysis and discussions on the distributed cooperative control and dynamics of multi-agent systems
Covers comprehensively first order, second order and higher order systems, swarming and flocking behaviors
Provides a broad theoretical framework for understanding the fundamentals of distributed cooperative control

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Wenwu Yu, Southeast University, China, received his Ph.D. degree from the Department of Electronic Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, in 2010 and is currently a full Professor in the Research Center for Complex Systems and Network Sciences. He is the author or coauthor of about 100 refereed international journal and conference papers with more than 3400 citations, and a reviewer of several journals. His research interests include multi-agent systems, nonlinear dynamics and control, complex networks and systems, neural networks, cryptography, and communications.

Guanghui Wen, Southeast University, China,received the Ph.D. degree in mechanical systems and control from Peking University, China, in 2012. From September 2012 to January 2013, he was a Research Associate and Post-Doctor in the University of New South Wales at Australian Defence Force Academy, Australia. Currently, he is a Lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, Southeast University, China. His research focuses on cooperative control of multi-agent systems and cyber-physical systems.

Guanrong Chen, City University of Hong Kong, China, has been a chair professor and the founding director of the Centre for Chaos and Complex Networks at City University of Hong Kong since year 2000, prior to which he was a tenured full professor at the University of Houston, Texas, USA. Prof. Chen was elected Member of the Academia Europaea in 2014. In the past, he was elected IEEE Fellow in 1997, and was conferred Honorary Doctorates by Saint Petersburg State University of Russia in 2011 and by University of Le Havre of France in 2014. Other honours include the 2011 Euler Gold Medalist and the 2008 and 2012 Chinese State Natural Science Awards as well as 5 best journal paper awards. He is Honorary Professor at different ranks in some 30 universities worldwide. Prof. Chen's main research pursuit is in nonlinear systems, control and dynamics, as well as complex networks. He currently is the Editor-in-Chief for the International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos.

Jinde Cao, Southeast University, China,received the B.S. degree from Anhui Normal University, Wuhu, China, the M.S. degree from Yunnan University, Kunming, China, and the Ph.D. degree from Sichuan University, Chengdu, China, all in mathematics/applied mathematics, in 1986, 1989, and 1998, respectively. He is currently a TePin Professor and Doctoral Advisor at the Southeast University. Prior to this, he was a Professor at Yunnan University from 1996 to 2000. He is the author or coauthor of more than 160 journal papers and five edited books and a reviewer of Mathematical Reviews and ZentralblattMath. His research interests include nonlinear systems, neural networks, complex systems and complex networks, stability theory, and applied mathematics. Professor Cao is an Associate Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics, Journal of the Franklin Institute, Neural Networks.

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