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Title H∞-based control of multi-agent systems: Time-delayed signals, unknown leader states and switching graph topologies
Type JournalPaper
Keywords H∞-based control of multi-agent systems: Time-delayed signals, unknown leader states and switching graph topologies
Abstract The paper investigates a leader-following scheme for nonlinear multi-agent systems (MASs). The network of agents involves time-delay, unknown leader’s states, external perturbations, and switching graph topologies. Two distributed protocols including a consensus protocol and an observer are utilized to reconstruct the unavailable states of the leader in a network of agents. The H∞-based stability conditions for estimation and consensus problems are obtained in the framework of linear-matrix inequalities (LMIs) and the Lyapunov-Krasovskii approach. It is ensured that each agent achieves the leader-following agreement asymptotically. Moreover, the robustness of the control policy concerning a gain perturbation is guaranteed. Simulation results are performed to assess the suggested schemes. It is shown that the suggested approach gives a remarkable accuracy in the consensus problem and leader’s states estimation in the presence of time-varying gain perturbations, time-delay, switching topology and disturbances. The H∞ and LMIs conditions are well satisfied and the error trajectories are well converged to the origin.
Researchers Afef Fekih (Not In First Six Researchers), Wudhichai Assawinchaichote (Fifth Researcher), Saleh Mobayen (Fourth Researcher), Sami Ud Din (Third Researcher), Ardashir Mohammadzadeh (Second Researcher), Amin Tagieh (First Researcher)