@conference {
	title = {A Simple Proof of the Continuous Time Linear Consensus Problem with Applications in Non-Linear Flocking Networks},
	author = {Somarakis, Christoforos., Baras, John S.},
	year = {2015},
	month = {07/2015},
	abstract = {We revisit the linear distributed consensus problem~in continuous time, to provide a simple and elegant proof~under very mild assumptions. Our approach is based on a novel~extension of the contraction coefficient that can be adapted to~the continuous time version of the model. We apply our results~in non-linear second order consensus networks of Cucker-Smale type and we obtain new initial conditions for asymptotic~flocking.},
	address = {Linz, Austria},
	booktitle = {European Control Conference (ECC15)},
	pages = {pp. 1546-1553}
}
