Open AccessDistributed output regulation of switching multi‐agent systems subject to input saturation
Author(s) -
Wang Xiaoli,
Ni Wei,
Yang Jie
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
iet control theory and applications
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.059
H-Index - 108
eISSN - 1751-8652
pISSN - 1751-8644
DOI - 10.1049/iet-cta.2011.0600
Subject(s) - control theory (sociology) , multi agent system , linear system , computer science , saturation (graph theory) , controller (irrigation) , frame (networking) , consensus , disturbance (geology) , control engineering , engineering , control (management) , mathematics , artificial intelligence , combinatorics , mathematical analysis , telecommunications , paleontology , agronomy , biology
In this study, we consider the distributed output regulation (DOR) problem of linear multi‐agent systems subject to input saturation with switching topology. Owing to the input saturation elements, the considered systems is non‐linear. It is natural to take the semiglobal frame for it which allows one to use distributed linear feedback controller. The basic problem is to design distributed feedback controller for the considered multi‐agent systems in order to have all agents to track an active leader and/or distributed rejection with disturbance signals. Both the leader and the disturbance signal are modelled as the exogenous system with different dynamics and unmeasurable variables. A systematic distributed linear design approach based on the solvability condition is proposed for the considered DOR problem.