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Distributed fixed‐time consensus for multiagent systems with unknown control directions
Author(s) -
Liu Yan,
Yang GuangHong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of robust and nonlinear control
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.361
H-Index - 106
eISSN - 1099-1239
pISSN - 1049-8923
DOI - 10.1002/rnc.4554
Subject(s) - multi agent system , convergence (economics) , consensus , computer science , protocol (science) , control theory (sociology) , control (management) , stability (learning theory) , mathematical optimization , mathematics , artificial intelligence , machine learning , medicine , alternative medicine , pathology , economics , economic growth
Summary This paper investigates the consensus problem for high‐order multiagent systems with unknown control directions and directed communication constraints. To handle the problem of unknown control directions, a logic switching rule is established in the framework of fixed‐time stability. Then, the consensus is achieved in two steps. A group of distributed fixed‐time observers is designed to estimate the reference signals first. Based on these estimates and the designed logic switching rule, a novel control protocol is proposed for each follower system. Different from the existing results, the consensus is achieved with a fixed‐time convergence rate, and the unknown control directions are allowed to be nonidentical for each agent. Finally, simulation results are given to exhibit the validity of the proposed method.