异质多智能体系统滞后一致性跟踪控制

针对一阶、二阶混合异质多智能体系统的滞后一致性问题,提出了一种基于牵制控制的分布式滞后一致性控制协议。首先,将滞后一致性分析转化为稳定性证明;然后,利用图论和Lyapunov稳定性理论分析闭环系统稳定性;最后,分别在固定拓扑和切换拓扑结构下给出了基于线性矩阵不等式（LMI）形式的滞后一致性可解的充分条件,从而实现异质多智能体的领导-跟随者滞后一致性。数值仿真结果表明,所提出的滞后一致性控制方法可以使异质多智能体系统实现领导-跟随者滞后一致性。     

异构多智能体系统有限时间一致性分析

研究二阶智能体速度不可测情况下由一阶和二阶智能体构成的异构多智能体系统有限时间一致性问题。在固定拓扑结构下,给出了异构系统实现一致性的控制协议,通过LaSalle不变集原理和齐次控制方法得到了异构系统有限时间一致性的充分条件;在切换拓扑结构下,给出了异构系统一致性的控制协议,得到了异构系统有限时间一致性的充分条件。仿真结果验证了相关结果的有效性。     

离散时间混合多智能体的拟平均一致性控制

为了研究混合一阶和二阶异质无向多智能体网络离散时间一致性问题,提出了固定和可变拓扑结构的多智能体网络的拟平均一致性协议.根据Lyapunov函数和代数图论,分析了多智能体网络的稳定性,表明在固定和可变拓扑结构的情况下,混合阶多智能体系统可以达到拟平均一致.对6个节点组成的4种不同的无向网络拓扑结构进行了仿真,结果显示了变拓扑离散时间异质多智能体网络的位置和速度均能达到拟平均一致.仿真结果表明,该算法对混合阶多智能体网络的拟平均一致性控制有效.     

具有时滞的混合阶多智能体系统的组一致性

针对由离散时间一阶和二阶智能体组成的混合阶多智能体系统,研究其在固定和切换拓扑结构下受通信时滞影响时的组一致性问题。分别为两类智能体提出组一致性协议,引入模型变换,将闭环系统转化为等价系统。在一定假设条件下,以代数图论、矩阵理论为主要研究工具,分别在固定和切换拓扑结构下给出了混合阶多智能体系统实现渐近组一致性的条件。采用数值仿真对所得结果的有效性进行了验证。     

异质多智能体系统二分一致性的充要条件

针对由一阶智能体和二阶智能体组成的异质多智能体系统的二分一致性问题,对连续和离散系统情形分别设计了二分一致性协议。基于结构平衡的拓扑,通过规范变换实现了从具有敌对关系的系统到具有非负连接权重系统的转化,将二分一致性问题转变为一般一致性问题。进一步,运用代数图论和矩阵理论分析闭环控制系统的动态特性,得到了异质多智能体系统渐近实现二分一致性的充要条件。最后通过数值模拟验证了所得结果的有效性。     

离散异质多智能体系统的分组一致性控制

针对一类混合异质多智能体系统的分组一致性控制问题进行了研究。具体分析了由一阶智能体和二阶智能体组成的混合异质系统,研究其在离散情况下的分组一致性。基于两个合理的假设提出了线性控制协议,运用代数图论、稳定性理论和矩阵理论,分析协议作用下闭环系统的系统矩阵及动态特性,取得了系统渐近实现分组一致性的充分条件,该条件与系统拓扑结构、采样周期以及控制参数有关。结论同时适用于有向拓扑与无向拓扑,最后通过仿真实例对所得分析结果进行了验证。     

基于牵制控制的异质多智能体系统的群一致性研究

为了研究由线性的一阶智能体、二阶智能体和非线性的EL （Euler-Lagrange）结构智能体组成的异质多智能体系统的群一致性,并实现同一个子群中智能体状态趋于期望的状态,针对无向的固定拓扑情况,提出了基于牵制控制的分布式控制协议。并通过代数图论、李雅普诺夫函数和拉塞尔不变集原理证明了控制协议的可行性。数值仿真结果表明:在所提控制协议作用下能够实现包含非线性EL结构的异质多智能体系统的群一致性,与未引入牵制控制的群一致性算法相比各个子群能够趋于期望的状态。     

异质多智能体系统的合围控制

在固定有向拓扑下,研究由一阶与二阶动力学智能体组成的异质多智能体系统的合围控制问题.首先,分别针对系统内同时包含一阶动力学领航者和二阶动力学跟随者、二阶动力学领航者和一阶动力学跟随者的两种情况,共给出4种有效的控制协议;其次,综合利用代数图论、矩阵理论和稳定性分析工具,通过系统变换方法或构建误差向量法得到上述两类异质多智能体系统能够实现合围控制的判据条件;最后,通过仿真进一步验证所提出协议的有效性.     

自适应耦合权重下的异质群体一致性研究

研究了由一阶、二阶智能体组成的异质多智能体系统群体一致性问题.针对固定通信拓扑结构设计了一种基于边的自适应耦合权重控制协议,根据智能体在移动过程中的相对位置调节不同子群中智能体之间的耦合权重,使得多智能体系统仅依赖智能体的邻居信息即可实现群体一致性.通过构造合适的Lyapunov函数,结合图论知识和Lasalle不变原...     

混合阶多智能体无向网络的拟平均一致性

为解决混合阶动态多智能体网络的拟平均一致性,将混合阶动态多智能体网络的拟平均一致性转化为增广的一阶多智能体网络的平均一致性,并给出相应一致性问题协议的定义,根据网络的拓扑结构连通性特点,运用代数图论、矩阵理论中的圆盘定理和李雅普诺夫理论证明了定拓扑和变拓扑无向网络下一致性协议的稳定性定理,并以由4个一阶智能体和2个二阶智能体所组成的混合阶智能体网络为例进行具体说明.理论研究和仿真结果都表明所提协议的正确性.     

时延异构多自主体系统的群一致性分析

针对由一阶自主体和二阶自主体构成的异构多自主体系统的静态群一致性问题,分别提出了在固定连接拓扑和切换连接拓扑结构下的静态群一致性算法。通过构造Lyapunov-Krasovskii函数,得到了系统在具有相同时变通信时延的群一致性算法作用下渐近收敛群一致的充分条件,并以线性矩阵不等式表示。最后,仿真结果表明,所提算法在满足一定条件下能使时延异构多自主体系统渐近收敛群一致。     

一类异构多智能体系非线性协议下的一致性分析

针对一阶、二阶混合异构多智能体系统一致性问题研究中,存在状态不可测和系统最终仅可以获得静态一致性的问题,提出了一种具有参考速度的非线性一致性协议.在此基础上,首先,将一致性分析转化为稳定性证明;然后,构造李亚普诺夫函数;最后,基于李亚普诺夫稳定性理论和拉塞尔不变集原理,分析得出了该异构系统获得一致性的充分条件.仿真结果表明,满足文中的条件,系统在所提出的协议下获得了一致性.     

Distributed consensus of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with fixed and switching topologies

In this article, we study distributed consensus of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with fixed and switching topologies. The analysis is based on graph theory and nonnegative matrix theory. We propose two kinds of consensus protocols based on the consensus protocol of first-order and second-order multi-agent systems. Some necessary and sufficient conditions that the heterogeneous multi-agent system solves the consensus problems under different consensus protocols are presented with fixed topology. We also give some sufficient conditions for consensus of the heterogeneous multi-agent system with switching topology. Simulation examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Consensus problem of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with time delay under fixed and switching topologies

Consensus problem is investigated for heterogeneous multi-agent systems composed of first-order agents and second-order agents in this paper. Leader-following consensus protocol is adopted to solve consensus problem of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with time-varying communication and input delays. By constructing Lyapunov-Krasovkii functional, sufficient consensus conditions in linear matrix inequality(LMI) form are obtained for the system under fixed interconnection topology. Moreover, consensus conditions are also obtained for the heterogeneous systems under switching topologies with time delays. Simulation examples are given to illustrate effectiveness of the results.     

Stationary consensus of heterogeneous multi-agent systems with bounded communication delays

Consensus seeking is investigated for the discrete-time heterogeneous multi-agent systems composed of first-order agents and second-order agents, and two stationary consensus algorithms are constructed for the first-order agents and the second-order agents, respectively. Based on the properties of nonnegative matrices, sufficient consensus criteria are obtained for the agents with bounded communication delays under fixed topology and switching topologies, respectively. With some prerequisites on the coupling weights and the sampling interval, the asymptotic consensus achievement of the dynamic agents is independent of the communication delay, but strictly depends on the connectedness of the interconnection topology. Simulation results illustrate the correctness of the results.     

二阶多智能体系统采样控制的一致性

研究在固定拓扑和切换拓扑下,二阶多智能体系统通过采样控制的一致性问题。首先,对于固定拓扑,给出了二阶多智能体系统通过采样控制达到一致性的充要条件;其次,对于切换拓扑,在所有联合切换拓扑有生成树的前提下,建立基于控制参数和采样周期使二阶系统实现一致性的充分条件。最后,用数值仿真验证所给结论的有效性。     

具有随机通信时延的二阶多智能体系统的一致性控制

研究了具有随机通信时延的二阶多智能体系统的一致性控制问题.分别讨论了具有固定拓扑结构和变化拓扑结构两种情形下二阶多智能体系统在具有随机通信时延情况下的一致性问题.通过构造Lyapunov函数的方法得到多智能体系统的时延依赖稳定判据,并以线性矩阵不等式(LMI)的形式给出了系统稳定的条件.最后,仿真和实验结果验证了研究所得结论的正确性和有效性.     

Consensus strategy for a class of multi‐agents with discrete second‐order dynamics

This paper investigates consensus strategies for a group of agents with discrete second‐order dynamics under directed communication topology. Consensus analysis for both the fixed topology and time‐varying topology cases is systematically performed by employing a novel graph theoretic methodology as well as the classical nonnegative matrix theory. Furthermore, it is shown that the necessary and sufficient condition for the agents under fixed communication topology to reach consensus is that the communication topology has a spanning tree; and sufficient conditions for the agents to reach consensus when allowing for the dynamically changing communication topologies are also given. Finally, an illustrative example is provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed results. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Distributed leader-following consensus for second-order multi-agent systems with nonlinear inherent dynamics

In this paper, the leader-following consensus problem for second-order multi-agent systems with nonlinear inherent dynamics is investigated. Two distributed control protocols are proposed under fixed undirected communication topology and fixed directed communication topology. Some sufficient conditions are obtained for the states of followers converging to the state of virtual leader globally exponentially. Rigorous proofs are given by using graph theory, matrix theory and Lyapunov theory. Simulations are also given to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical results.