Open AccessReference model‐based containment control of multi‐agent systems with higher‐order dynamics
Author(s) -
Rong Lina,
Lu Junwei,
Xu Shengyuan,
Chu Yuming
Publication year - 2014
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.2013.0148
Subject(s) - containment (computer programming) , convex hull , network topology , control theory (sociology) , control (management) , path (computing) , order (exchange) , computer science , hull , multi agent system , topology (electrical circuits) , mathematical optimization , regular polygon , mathematics , engineering , artificial intelligence , geometry , finance , combinatorics , marine engineering , economics , programming language , operating system
This study studies the problem of distributed containment control for multi‐agent systems with higher‐order dynamics under directed network topologies. The higher‐order model‐based containment controllers with relative damping and absolute damping are proposed, respectively. It is shown that under the proposed containment controllers the followers will converge to the convex hull spanned by the leaders if for each follower, there exists at least one leader that has a directed path to the followers; the final states of the followers depend on the network topology as well as the initial states of the references models of the leaders. The second‐order model‐based containment controllers are discussed as special cases. Simulation examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.