Stability Analysis and Group Consensus Tracking Predictive Control of Multi-Agent Systems

The issue of stability and group consensus tracking is investigated for the discrete-time heterogeneous networked multi-agent systems with communication constraints(e.g., time delays and data loss) in this paper. Firstly, the couple-group consensus tracking control is analyzed theoretically,the communication constraints are compensated by the prediction method, and the factor of leaders is introduced to make the system not lose generality. Secondly, the necessary and sufficient condition is give...     

Consensus of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems with Intermittent Communication

This paper studies consensus of a class of heterogeneous multi-agent systems composed of first-order and second-order agents with intermittent communication. For leaderless multi-agent systems, we propose a distributed consensus algorithm based on the intermittent information of neighboring agents. Some sufficient conditions are obtained to guarantee the consensus of heterogeneous multi-agent systems in terms of bilinear matrix inequalities(BMIs). Meanwhile, the relationship between communication duration and each control period is sought out. Moreover, the designed algorithm is extended to leader-following multi-agent systems without velocity measurements. Finally, the effectiveness of the main results is illustrated by numerical simulations.     

二阶多智能体系统的一致性分析

研究了二阶连续多智能体系统的一致性问题,其中每个智能体能够实时获得自己的速度信息,但是只能在一些离散时刻上获得自己和邻居的相对位置信息。在给定的控制输入下,建立了一致性成立的充要条件,并将该理论结果应用到多机器人编队控制问题中。提供的数值仿真进一步验证了理论结果的有效性。     

具有不同输入时延的二阶多智能体系统一致性

研究了具有不同时变输入时延的二阶连续多智能体系统的一致性问题。首先,通过变量转换,将系统的收敛性问题转化为误差系统的稳定问题;然后,通过对系统进行变换,将二阶系统稳定性问题转换为等价系统的稳定性问题。通过构造李雅普诺夫函数,基于线性矩阵不等式(LMI)的方法,给出在无向固定拓扑条件下,系统达到一致的充分条件。最后,仿真实例证明了结果的有效性。     

Consensus for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems with Directed Network Topologies

In this paper, the consensus problem for heterogeneous multi-agent systems composed of first-order and second-order agents is investigated with directed network topologies. Based on a system transformation method, this consensus problem is turned into a consensus problem for homogeneous multi-agent systems. With certain assumption on the control parameters, firstly, necessary and sufficient condition for consensus is proposed with fixed topology. Secondly, sufficient condition is proposed for heterogeneous multi-agent systems to achieve consensus with switching topologies. Finally, simulation examples are presented to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Adaptive Event-Based Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems with General Linear Dynamics

In this paper, adaptive event-based consensus of multi-agent systems with general linear dynamics is considered. A novel adaptive event-based controller and a state-dependent triggering function are proposed for each agent. The consensus can be achieved without the assumption that (A,B) is stabilizable. Furthermore, the Zeno-behavior of the concerned closed-loop system is also excluded under certain conditions. Finally, a numerical simulation example is presented to show the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

多智能体系统的非光滑二阶一致性协议

针对二阶积分器多智能体系统,提出了一类非光滑一致性协议设计方法。首先,基于反步设计方法,将速度看成虚拟控制量,并设计虚拟速度,使得状态一致性可以渐近达到。然后,基于有限时间控制方法设计控制律使得真实速度在有限时间内跟踪上虚拟速度。该控制律使得:当系统不存在外部扰动时,一致性可以渐近达到;当系统存在外部扰动时,任意两个智能体间的稳态误差渐近收敛到原点附近的一个小邻域内。仿真结果表明了该方法的有效性。     

Bipartite Consensus of Discrete-Time Double-Integrator Multi-Agent Systems with Measurement Noise

The effects of measurement noise are investigated in the context of bipartite consensus of multi-agent systems. In the system setting, discrete-time double-integrator dynamics are assumed for the agent, and measurement noise is present for the agent receiving the state information from its neighbors. Time-varying stochastic bipartite consensus protocols are designed in order to lessen the harmful effects of the noise. Consequently, the state transition matrix of the closed-loop system is analyzed, and sufficient and necessary conditions for the proposed protocol to be a mean square bipartite consensus protocol are given with the help of linear transformation and algebraic graph theory. It is proven that the signed digraph to be structurally balanced and having a spanning tree are the weakest communication assumptions for ensuring bipartite consensus. In particular, the proposed protocol is a mean square bipartite average consensus one if the signed digraph is also weight balanced.     

Consensus of Single Integrator Multi-Agent Systems with Unbounded Transmission Delays

This paper investigates the consensus problem of single integrator multi-agent systems with unbounded time-varying transmission delays and fixed directed topology. A distributed controller is proposed taking into consideration the unbounded transmission delays. It is shown that the consensus problem can be solved via the proposed controller under the spanning tree assumption and the nocycle assumption. The authors characterize the no-cycle assumption and prove the consensus of the concerned multi-agent system with an induction procedure. Two simulation examples are provided,one to illustrate the effectiveness of our result and the other to show the necessity of the no-cycle assumption.     

Adaptive Event-Triggering Consensus for Multi-Agent Systems with Linear Time-Varying Dynamics

In this paper, the authors study the fully distributed event-triggering consensus problem for multi-agent systems with linear time-varying dynamics, where each agent is described by a linear time-varying system. An adaptive event-triggering protocol is proposed for time-varying multi-agent systems under directed graph. Based on the Gramian matrix of linear time-varying systems, the design of control gain is done and sufficient conditions ensuring the consensus of linear time-varying multiagent s...     

复杂网络特性与多智能体的一致性

对复杂网络特性与多智能体系统的一致性的关系进行研究,以BBV和BA网络模型为例,分别研究了度正相关性和度负相关性的网络模型中多智能体系统一致性的收敛速度.应用计算机仿真实例,分析了无尺度网络模型的平均距离和平均集群系数与多智能体系统一致性的影响,得到了复杂网络结构与多智能体系统一致收敛速度的关系.该研究对于构建一个多智...     

Event-Triggered Sampled-Data Consensus of Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems with Control Input Losses

This paper investigates the leader-following consensus problem for multi-agent systems with event-triggered mechanism and control packet losses. Based on the local synchronization error, event-triggered mechanisms are proposed in order to reduce the number of controller update. The control packet may lose due to unreliability of communication channel. With the assumption that once the packet loss happens the controller will be set to zero, sufficient consensus criteria for multi-agent system with event-triggered mechanism and control packet losses is obtained. It is also shown that the interplay among the allowable packet loss rate, event-triggered mechanism and sampling period. An illustrative example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Consensus Analysis of Fractional Multi-Agent Systems with Delayed Distributed PI Controller

The consensus problem for fractional multi-agent systems(MASs) with time delay is considered. The distributed fractional proportional-integral(PI)-type controller is designed so that the consensus of the proposed systems is achieved. Moreover, explicit condition to determine the crossing directions is developed. The results show that with the increase of time delay, the closed-loop system has two different dynamic characteristics: From consensus to nonconsensus and consensus switching.Furthermor...     

Robust Consensus and Soft Control of Multi-Agent Systems with Noises*

This paper considers the problem of robust consensus for a basic class of multi-agent systems with bounded disturbances and with directed information flow. A necessary and sufficient condition on the robust consensus is first presented, which is then applied to the analysis, control and decision making problems in the noise environments. In particular, the authors show how a soft control technique will synchronize a group of autonomous mobile agents without changing the existing local rule of interactions, and without assuming any kind of connectivity conditions on the system trajectories.     

Leader-Following Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems via Adaptive Event-Based Control

In this paper, the adaptive event-based control approach is applied to study leader-following consensus of multi-agent systems with linear dynamic models. Adaptive event-based controller and triggering function for each agent are designed, where the adaptive function is only dependent on its own event time instants. A sufficient condition on consensus is proposed, which shows that the adaptive event-based method presented in this paper not only can reduce the communication among neighboring agents, but also can determine the event time instants for each agent without using the global information. Furthermore, the Zeno-behavior for the concerned closed-loop system is excluded.Finally, an example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the obtained theoretical results.     

Consensus of Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Persistent Disturbances via Distributed Output Feedback

This paper addresses the consensus problem of general linear multi-agent systems with persistent disturbances by distributed output feedback. Suppose that states of agents can not be obtained directly. Several estimators are designed to observe states of agents and the unknown disturbances.A protocol is proposed to drive all agents achieve consensus. Based on the method of model transformation and the property of permutation matrix, sufficient conditions for consensus are obtained in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, simulations are given to show the effectiveness of presented results.     

RHC-Based Consensus of Multi-Agent Systems with Simultaneous Packet Dropout and Input Delay

This paper is concerned with the multi-agent systems with both packet dropout and input delay. A novel receding horizon control (RHC) based consensus protocol is proposed by solving a distributed RHC based optimization problem. The novelty of the optimization problem lines in the involvement of the neighbours’ predictor information in the cost functions. Based on the derived RHC based consensus protocol, the necessary and sufficient condition for the mean-square consensus is obtained. In addition, the authors give a specific sufficient condition to guarantee the mean-square consensus.

     

Generalized Consensus of Discrete-Time Multi-Agent Systems with Directed Topology and Communication Delay

Journal of Systems Science and Complexity - Compared with traditional consensus, this paper studies the generalized consensus problem for discrete-time multi-agent systems with directed topology...     

复杂网络的同步与复杂多个体系统的一致性

简要的回顾过去10年课题组在复杂网络的同步与复杂多个体系统的一致性研究方面的主要进展,同时展望该领域将来发展的趋势与挑战.     

Scaled Bipartite Consensus Controller Design for Second-Order Multi-Agent Systems with Mixed Time-Delays

Journal of Systems Science and Complexity - The scaled bipartite consensus of second-order multi-agent systems is investigated in this paper. The internal delay and distributed delay are also...