带有输入时滞的领导跟随系统扰动抑制一致性

针对一类受到外部干扰且有输入时滞的多智能体系统,讨论了在固定有向拓扑下的领导跟随扰动抑制一致性问题。首先,对于存在外部干扰的多智能体系统,给出分布式状态观测器,使得每个智能体的系统状态和外部干扰被同时估计。其次,基于截取预测方法,利用邻居智能体相对输出信息获得的状态估计和自身干扰估计为每个智能体设计一致性协议。然后,用Lyapunov-Krasovskii理论对系统的观测性和稳定性进行分析,获得满足多智能体系统稳定的充分条件,并将控制器增益和观测器增益求解转化为求解线性矩阵不等式(LMIs)的形式。最后,通过一个仿真例子来验证所得结果的可行性和有效性。     

具有外部干扰的二阶多自主体系统的协同运动

为解决多自主体系统在群集运动过程受到外部干扰影响的问题,本文研究了具有外部干扰的二阶多自主体系统的分布式协同控制.本文中的外部干扰包括匹配干扰和不匹配干扰,针对系统中的匹配干扰,设计了状态观测器和干扰观测器,对系统的未知状态和干扰进行估计,并且构造了基于干扰观测器的多自主体协同控制算法.对于系统中的不匹配干扰,设计了与匹配干扰不同的干扰观测器,构造了基于主动抗干扰观测器的协同控制算法.运用矩阵论和现代控制理论等方法,研究了基于干扰观测器的二阶多自主体系统的协同控制.应用计算机仿真分别验证在多自主体系统具有匹配干扰和不匹配干扰的情况下结论的有效性,仿真结果表明,本文所设计的多自主体协同控制算法可以使跟随者最终都收敛到领导者的状态,实现了具有匹配干扰和不匹配干扰的二阶多自主体系统的状态一致性.     

带有不匹配干扰的多智能体系统有限时间积分滑模控制

针对动态多智能体系统协同控制问题，本文研究了带有不匹配干扰的二阶多智能体系统的有限时间包容控制，提出了基于非线性积分滑模控制（Integral sliding-mode control，ISMC）的复合分布式包容控制算法.首先利用Lyapunov稳定性和齐次性定理，分析了未受扰系统的有限时间包容控制问题；然后针对存在不匹配干扰的多智能体动态系统，设计非线性有限时间干扰观测器估算智能体的状态和干扰，提出基于干扰观测器的复合分布式积分滑模控制协议，结合现代控制理论和滑模控制理论，研究了带有不匹配干扰的多智能体系统有限时间包容控制问题.最后数值仿真证明了控制算法的有效性.     

事件触发下多智能体系统一致性的干扰主动控制

本文针对带有外部干扰影响的多智能体系统,研究了基于事件触发机制下的多智能体系统Leader-Following一致性的控制问题.采用干扰观测器来估计系统中存在的干扰,并设计了基于事件触发机制的干扰主动控制方案.运用现代控制理论和矩阵论等工具分析了多智能体协同运动算法得到了多智能体系统在分布式事件触发机制下的一致性收敛条件,并且分析了本文设计的分布式事件触发机制的时间间隔存在正的下界.最后通过计算机仿真,验证了本文所提控制算法的有效性.     

具有外部干扰的混合阶多智能体系统的有限时间一致性

针对基于定变拓扑网络的具有外部干扰的混合阶多智能体系统的有限时间一致性问题,设计一个分布式有限时间控制律.将原始系统转换为一个等效系统,即一阶和二阶子系统的混合系统,保证了所有智能体达到有限时间一致性的条件.通过两个仿真实例验证了该理论及方法.     

带有不匹配干扰的二阶多自主体系统有限时间包容控制

针对多自主体系统群集运动问题,本文研究了带有不匹配干扰的二阶系统有限时间包容控制.运用现代控制理论,设计了非线性观测器,对系统未知状态和干扰进行估计.在状态估计的基础上,构建了基于干扰观测器的多自主体系统的协同控制算法.应用代数图论和齐次性理论等方法,分析了二阶多自主体系统有限时间包容控制.数据仿真中应用基于观测器的包容控制算法,使得系统的运动状态最终都收敛到由多个领导者所围成的目标区域中,验证了本文结果的有效性.     

离散时间系统的多智能体的一致性

动态多智能体系统的一致性是复杂动力学系统中很有现实意义的问题.假设智能体连接网络拓扑是无向、固定和连通的,而且个体之间信息传递存在通信时廷,分析了一个动态移动多智能体离散时间系统.应用广义Nyquist判据研究具有通信时延的多智能体离散时间系统,得到了保证系统达到一致的充分条件.最后应用计算机仿真验证了该结论的有效性.     

具有领航者的时延多智能体系统的群集运动

计算机技术、网络技术和通信技术的飞速发展,推动着无人驾驶飞行器的编队控制、传感器网络的分布控制、卫星的姿态控制等多智能体系统的建模与应用的逐步深入,也吸引了越来越多的研究者致力于多智能体系统的动态编队控制的研究.研究了具有不同的通信时延和不同的输入时延的移动多智能体算法的群集运动.假设多智能体系统由n个智能体和1个Leader组成,网络连接拓扑是静态有向连通图,智能体Leader为拓扑图的全局可达节点.应用频率域的广义Nyquist判据分析了具有不同的通信时延和不同的输入时延的移动多智能体算法,应用Greshgorin圆盘定理和曲线的曲率理论研究了具有领航者的多智能体算法的群集运动,得到保证系统一致性的收敛条件.该一致性条件是一个应用节点局部信息的分散式条件,只与输入时延有关,而与通信时延无关.最后,通过计算机仿真验证了本文结论的有效性.     

输出饱和多智能体系统的迭代学习趋同跟踪控制

针对带有输出饱和的多智能体系统有限时间趋同跟踪控制问题,提出了一种分布式迭代学习控制算法.首先假设多智能体系统具有固定拓扑结构,且仅有部分智能体可获取到期望轨迹信息.基于输出约束条件构造一致性跟踪误差,在此基础上设计了P型迭代学习控制率.然后采用压缩映射方法给出了一个算法收敛的充分条件,并在理论上证明了跟踪误差的收敛性.最后,将理论结果推广至具有随机切换拓扑结构的多智能体系统中.仿真结果验证了所提出算法的有效性.     

线性多智能体系统在固定和切换拓扑下的领航跟随控制

研究线性多智能体系统的领航跟随一致性问题. 假设每个多智能体系统只能得到其邻域的输出测量信息, 在此条件下, 讨论多智能体在有向固定网络拓扑和无向切换网络拓扑两种情况下的一致性问题. 针对这两种情况, 提出含有一种分布式观测器的一致性控制算法. 应用Lyapunov 稳定性理论证明了若单个多智能体系统是可镇定和可检测的, 且网络连接拓扑只需满足简单的结构, 则系统能够达到领航跟随一致性. 仿真结果验证了理论分析的正确性.     

Robust consensus of multi-agent systems with time-delays and exogenous disturbances

In this paper, the robust consensus of multi-agent dynamical systems with time-delays and exogenous disturbances is studied. A pinning control strategy is designed for a parts of agents of the multi-agent systems without disturbances, and this pinning control can bring multiple agents?? states to an expected consensus track. Under the effects of the disturbances, disturbance observers based control (DOBC) are developed for disturbances generated by an exogenous system to estimate the disturbances. Asymptotical consensus of the multi-agent systems with disturbances under the composite controller can be achieved for fixed and switching topologies. Finally, by applying an example of multi-agent systems with switching topologies and exogenous disturbances, the design of the parameters of DOBC are illuminated.     

基于干扰观测器的二阶多智能体系统模型参考一致性

针对受到外部干扰影响的二阶多智能系统, 提出一种新型干扰观测器的设计方案.在只有部分智能体能接收到参考模型信 号的条件下, 研究受到不同外系统生成干扰信号影响的二阶多智能体系统模型参考一致性问题.针对干扰信号由线性外系统和非线性外系 统生成的情况, 分别设计干扰观测器.进一步提出分布式控制协议, 所提出的一致性协议可以有效地抑制干扰, 最终实现多智能体 系统的模型参考一致性.仿真算例验证了所提出方法的有效性.     

Adaptive tracking control of leader-following linear multi-agent systems with external disturbances

In this paper, the consensus problem for leader-following linear multi-agent systems with external disturbances is investigated. Brownian motions are used to describe exogenous disturbances. A distributed tracking controller based on Riccati inequalities with an adaptive law for adjusting coupling weights between neighbouring agents is designed for leader-following multi-agent systems under fixed and switching topologies. In traditional distributed static controllers, the coupling weights depend on the communication graph. However, coupling weights associated with the feedback gain matrix in our method are updated by state errors between neighbouring agents. We further present the stability analysis of leader-following multi-agent systems with stochastic disturbances under switching topology. Most traditional literature requires the graph to be connected all the time, while the communication graph is only assumed to be jointly connected in this paper. The design technique is based on Riccati inequalities and algebraic graph theory. Finally, simulations are given to show the validity of our method.     

Distributed adaptive consensus control of Lipschitz nonlinear multi-agent systems using output feedback

This paper addresses output-feedback-based distributed adaptive consensus control of multi-agent systems having Lipschitz nonlinear dynamics. Distributed dynamic protocols are designed based on the relative outputs of neighbouring agents and the adaptive coupling weights, under which consensus is reached between the nonlinear systems for all undirected connected communication topologies. Extension to the case of Lipschitz nonlinear multi-agent systems subjected to external disturbances is further studied, and a robust adaptive fully distributed consensus protocol is suggested. By application of a decoupling technique, necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of these consensus protocols are provided in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Finally, numerical simulation results are demonstrated to validate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Consensus of multiagent systems based on disturbance observer

The objectives of this work are the development and design of disturbance observers (DO’s) for a team of agents that accomplish consensus on agents’ states in the presence of exogenous disturbances. A pinning control strategy is designed for a part of agents of the multiagent systems without disturbances, and this pinning control can bring multiple agents’ states to reaching an expected consensus value. Under the effect of the disturbances, nonlinear disturbance observers are developed for disturbances generated by an exogenous system to estimate the disturbances. Asymptotical consensus of the multiagent systems with disturbances under the composite controller can be achieved. Finally, by applying an example of multiagent systems with switching topologies and exogenous disturbances, the design of the parameters of DO’s are illuminated.     

Quantised consensus of multi-agent systems with nonlinear dynamics

This paper studies the consensus problem of first-order and second-order multi-agent systems with nonlinear dynamics and quantised interactions. Continuous-time and impulsive control inputs are designed for the multi-agent systems on the logarithmic quantised relative state measurements of agents, respectively. By using nonsmooth analysis tools, we get some sufficient conditions for the consensus of multi-agent systems under the continuous-time inputs. Compared with continuous-time control inputs, impulsive distributed control inputs just use the state variables of the systems at discrete-time instances. Based on impulsive control theory, we prove that the multi-agent systems can reach consensus by choosing proper control gains and impulsive intervals. The simulation results are given to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Finite-time consensus algorithm for multi-agent systems with double-integrator dynamics

In this paper, we discuss the finite-time consensus problem for leaderless and leader–follower multi-agent systems with external disturbances. Based on the finite-time control technique, continuous distributed control algorithms are designed for these agents described by double integrators. Firstly, for the leaderless multi-agent systems, it is shown that the states of all agents can reach a consensus in finite time in the absence of disturbances. In the presence of disturbances, the steady-state errors of any two agents can reach a region in finite time. Secondly, for the leader–follower multi-agent systems, finite-time consensus algorithms are also designed based on distributed finite-time observers. Rigorous proof is given by using Lyapunov theory and graph theory. Finally, one example is employed to verify the efficiency of the proposed method.     

Robust consensus algorithm for second-order multi-agent systems with external disturbances

This article investigates the problem of robust consensus for second-order multi-agent systems with external disturbances. Based on a non-smooth backstepping control technique, a class of novel continuous non-smooth consensus algorithms are proposed for the multi-agent network with/without communication delays. The controller design is divided into two steps. First, for the kinematic subsystem, the velocity is regarded as a virtual input and designed such that the states consensus can be achieved asymptotically. Then for the dynamic subsystem, a finite-time control law is designed such that the virtual velocity can be tracked by the real velocity in a finite time. Under the proposed control law, it is shown that if the communication topology graph contains a directed spanning tree, the states consensus can be achieved asymptotically in the absence of disturbances. In the presence of disturbances, the steady-state errors of any two agents can reach a small region around the origin. By building a relationship between control parameters and the bound of steady tracking errors, it is demonstrated that the disturbance rejection performance of the resulting closed-loop system can be enhanced by adjusting the fractional power in the non-smooth controller. Finally, an example is given to verify the efficiency of the proposed method.     

Novel distributed robust adaptive consensus protocols for linear multi-agent systems with directed graphs and external disturbances

This paper addresses the distributed consensus protocol design problem for linear multi-agent systems with directed graphs and external unmatched disturbances. Novel distributed adaptive consensus protocols are proposed to achieve leader–follower consensus for any directed graph containing a directed spanning tree with the leader as the root node and leaderless consensus for strongly connected directed graphs. It is pointed out that the adaptive protocols involve undesirable parameter drift phenomenon when bounded external disturbances exist. By using the σ modification technique, distributed robust adaptive consensus protocols are designed to guarantee the ultimate boundedness of both the consensus error and the adaptive coupling weights in the presence of external disturbances. All the adaptive protocols in this paper are fully distributed, relying on only the agent dynamics and the relative states of neighbouring agents.     

A Continuous Leader-following Consensus Control Strategy for a Class of Uncertain Multi-agent Systems

In this paper, we study the robust leader-following consensus problem for a class of multi-agent systems with unknown nonlinear dynamics and unknown but bounded disturbances. The control input of the leader agent is nonzero and not available to any follower agent. We first consider a class of high order chain integrator-type multi-agent systems. By employing the robust integral of the sign of the error technique, a continuous distributed control law is constructed using local information obtained from neighboring agents. Using Lyapunov analysis theory, we show that under a connected undirected information communication topology, the proposed protocol achieves semiglobal leader-following consensus. We then extend the approach to a class of more general uncertain multiagent systems. A numerical example is given to verify our proposed protocol.