Brain Emotional Learning-Based Intelligent Controller for Flocking of Multi-Agent Systems

A biologically-inspired intelligent controller based on a computational model of emotional learning in mammal's brain is employed for flocking control of Multi-Agent Systems (MAS). The methodology, known as Brain Emotional Learning Based Intelligent Controller (BELBIC),is implemented in this application for the first time, enhancing the flocking strategy with multi-objective properties. The learning capabilities added by BELBIC to the flocking are very useful, especially when dealing with noises and/or system uncertainty. Furthermore, the low computational complexity of the proposed method makes it very promising for implementation in real-time applications. Numerical results of the BELBIC-based flocking for MAS demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach.