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The frequency domain is applied to research the movement characteristics of multi\u2010agent systems with time delays. The generalized Nyquist criterion and curvature theorem are utilized to analyze the consensus algorithm with heterogeneous input delays and heterogeneous communication delays.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Findings<\/jats:title><jats:p>It was discovered that the consensus for the delayed multi\u2010agent systems with asymmetric coupling weights can be achieved with the hypothesis of directed weighted network composed of <jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic> agents with a globally reachable node. The convergence condition is a decentralized consensus condition which uses only local information of each agent.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title content-type=\"abstract-heading\">Originality\/value<\/jats:title><jats:p>The novelty associated with this work is to present a new approach to study the consensus of delayed multi\u2010agent dynamical systems with directed weighted networks. 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