scholarly journals Second-Order Leader-Following Consensus of Multiagent Systems with Time Delays

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Xia ◽  
Ting-Zhu Huang ◽  
Jin-Liang Shao ◽  
Jun-Yan Yu
Keyword(s):  
Multiagent Systems ◽  
Time Delays ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Switching Topology ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Constant Acceleration ◽  
Leader Following ◽  
Fixed Topology ◽  
Sufficient And Necessary Condition ◽  
Theoretical Results

This paper is concerned with a leader-following consensus problem of second-order multiagent systems with a constant acceleration leader and time-varying delays. At first, a distributed control protocol for every agent to track the leader is proposed; then by utilizing the Lyapunov-Razumikhin function, the convergence analysis under both fixed and switching interconnection topologies is investigated. For the case of fixed topology, a sufficient and necessary condition is obtained, and for the case of switching topology, a sufficient condition is derived under some assumptions. Finally, simulation examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.

scholarly journals On the Observability of Leader-Based Multiagent Systems with Fixed Topology

Complexity ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bo Liu ◽  
Ningsheng Xu ◽  
Housheng Su ◽  
Licheng Wu ◽  
Jiahui Bai
Keyword(s):  
Multiagent Systems ◽  
Second Order ◽  
High Order ◽  
Numerical Examples ◽  
First Order ◽  
Leader Following ◽  
Fixed Topology ◽  
Agreement Protocols ◽  
Theoretical Results ◽  
Double Integrator

This paper investigates the observability of first-order, second-order, and high-order leader-based multiagent systems (MASs) with fixed topology, respectively. Some new algebraic and graphical characterizations of the observability for the first-order MASs are established based on agreement protocols. Moreover, under the same leader-following framework with the predefined topology and leader assignment, the observability conditions for systems of double-integrator and high-integrator agents are also obtained. Finally, the effectiveness of the theoretical results is verified by numerical examples and simulations.

scholarly journals Formation Control of Second-Order Multiagent Systems with Time-Varying Delays

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hong Xia ◽  
Ting-Zhu Huang ◽  
Jin-Liang Shao ◽  
Jun-Yan Yu
Keyword(s):  
Control Problem ◽  
Multiagent Systems ◽  
Formation Control ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Consensus Protocol ◽  
Leader Following ◽  
Multiple Leaders ◽  
Theoretical Results

A formation control problem for second-order multiagent systems with time-varying delays is considered. First, a leader-following consensus protocol is proposed for theoretical preparation. With the help of Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional, a sufficient condition under this protocol is derived for stability of the multiagent systems. Then, the protocol is extended to the formation control based on a multiple leaders’ architecture. It is shown that the agents will attain the expected formation. Finally, some simulations are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.

scholarly journals Consensus of Second-Order Multiagent Systems with Fixed Topology and Time-Delay

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xue Li ◽  
Huai Wu ◽  
Yikang Yang
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Graph Laplacian ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Frequency Domain Method ◽  
Position Information ◽  
Eigenvalue Method ◽  
Fixed Topology ◽  
Sufficient And Necessary Condition ◽  
Relative Position Information

We are concerned with the consensus problems for networks of second-order agents, where each agent can only access the relative position information from its neighbours. We aim to find the largest tolerable input delay such that the system consensus can be reached. We introduce a protocol with time-delay and fixed topology. A sufficient and necessary condition is given to guarantee the consensus. By using eigenvector-eigenvalue method and frequency domain method, it is proved that the largest tolerable time-delay is only related to the eigenvalues of the graph Laplacian. And simulation results are also provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.

Consensus Problem of Singular Multi-Agent Systems with Continuous-Time and Fixed Topology

2013 ◽  
Vol 278-280 ◽  
pp. 1687-1691
Author(s):  
Tong Qiang Jiang ◽  
Jia Wei He ◽  
Yan Ping Gao
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Time ◽  
Spanning Tree ◽  
Undirected Graph ◽  
Necessary Condition ◽  
Multi Agent Systems ◽  
Agent Systems ◽  
Multi Agent ◽  
Fixed Topology ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Sufficient And Necessary Condition

The consensus problems of two situations for singular multi-agent systems with fixed topology are discussed: directed graph without spanning tree and the disconnected undirected graph. A sufficient and necessary condition is obtained by applying the stability theory and the system is reachable asymptotically. But for normal systems, this can’t occur in upper two situations. Finally a simulation example is provided to verify the effectiveness of our theoretical result.

scholarly journals Impulsive Consensus for Leader-Following Multiagent Systems with Fixed and Switching Topology

2013 ◽  
Vol 2013 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhi-Wei Liu ◽  
Zhi-Hong Guan ◽  
Hong Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Multiagent System ◽  
Impulsive Control ◽  
Sampling Period ◽  
Switching Topology ◽  
Sufficient Condition ◽  
Leader Following ◽  
Fixed Topology ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Sampling Instant ◽  
Necessary And Sufficient

This paper studied the consensus problem of the leader-following multiagent system. It is assumed that the state information of the leader is only available to a subset of followers, while the communication among agents occurs at sampling instant. To achieve leader-following consensus, a class of distributed impulsive control based on sampling information is proposed. By using the stability theory of impulsive systems, algebraic graph theory, and stochastic matrices theory, a necessary and sufficient condition for fixed topology and sufficient condition for switching topology are obtained to guarantee the leader-following consensus of the multiagent system. It is found that leader-following consensus is critically dependent on the sampling period, control gains, and interaction graph. Finally, two numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed approach and the correctness of theoretical analysis.

scholarly journals Consensus of Fractional-Order Multiagent Systems with Nonuniform Time Delays

2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Liu ◽  
Kaiyu Qin ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Ping Li ◽  
Mengji Shi
Keyword(s):  
Multiagent Systems ◽  
Fractional Order ◽  
Time Delays ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Domain Theory ◽  
Dynamical Model ◽  
Integer Order ◽  
The Laplace Transform ◽  
Simulation Results ◽  
Theoretical Results

Due to the complex external environment, many multiagent systems cannot be precisely described or even cannot be described by an integer-order dynamical model and can only be described by a fractional-order dynamical model. In this paper, consensus problems are investigated for two types of fractional-order multiagent systems (FOMASs) with nonuniform time delays: FOMAS with symmetric time delays and undirected topology and FOMAS with asymmetric time delays and directed topology. Employing the Laplace transform and the frequency-domain theory, two delay margins are obtained to guarantee the consensus for the two types of FOMAS, respectively. These results are also suitable for the integer-order dynamical model. Finally, simulation results are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.

scholarly journals Formation-Containment Control of Second-Order Multiagent Systems via Intermittent Communication

Complexity ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 2018 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mao-Dong Xia ◽  
Cheng-Lin Liu ◽  
Fei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Multiagent Systems ◽  
Lyapunov Functions ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Control Algorithms ◽  
Distributed Coordination ◽  
Time Intervals ◽  
Containment Control ◽  
Convergence Conditions ◽  
Intermittent Communication ◽  
Theoretical Results

This paper investigates the formation-containment control of second-order multiagent systems with intermittent communication. Distributed coordination control algorithms are proposed under aperiodic intermittent communication, where each agent only communicates with its neighboring agents on some disconnected time intervals. By means of constructing Lyapunov functions, sufficient convergence conditions are obtained for the leaders reaching a prescribed formation asymptotically and the followers converging into the convex hull formed by leaders asymptotically, respectively. Besides, sufficient convergence conditions are also provided for second-order multiagent systems converging to the desired formation-containment under time-varying communication delay and intermittent communication. Finally, the validity of theoretical results is illustrated by numerical simulations.

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