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In this chapter, all the background material that is required for the remainder of this book are provided. These topics cover formal definition of a network of multi-agent systems as well as the dynamical model of an agent, communication structures, and the formal statement of the consensus-seeking problem in a network of multi-agent systems. Other sections provide background on mathematical frameworks that are used in this book. Examples are introduction to the game theory framework, the optimal control problem formulation, as well as linear matrix inequalities (LMIs).
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