Asynchronous sampled-data consensus of singular multi-agent systems based on event-triggered strategy

This paper is concerned with sampled-data consensus for multi-agent systems with singular dynamics. It is assumed that the sampling period of each agent is independent of the other's. Based on event-triggered sampled-data transmission strategy, a distributed consensus protocol is presented. The consensus of singular multi-agent system is transformed into the stability of singular systems with multiple time-varying delays. By employing the Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional method, a sufficient condition on the consensus of multi-agent singular system is derived. Based on the obtained condition, an algorithm to design consensus controller gains is presented in terms of linear matrix inequalities. Two numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

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.     

Bipartite Byzantine-resilient event-triggered consensus control of heterogeneous multi-agent systems

This article studies the bipartite resilient event-triggered consensus control for a class of the heterogeneous multi-agent systems. Due to the external cyberattacks, some agents may become the Byzantine agents and will affect the behavior of the other agents. To improve the security of the multi-agent systems against the Byzantine agents, a novel bipartite event-triggered heterogeneous mean-subsequence-reduced algorithm is designed. First, to handle the heterogeneous multi-agent systems, a state transformation is carefully designed, to facilitate the design and analysis of the bipartite resilient consensus algorithm. Based upon the designed state transformation, the bipartite resilient control inputs are constructed, where the structural balance analysis shows that the resulting effective signed graph and the equivalent signed graph are both structurally balanced, if the signed graph of the multi-agent systems is structurally balanced. In addition, a dynamic event-triggered mechanism is proposed, where a set of dynamic factors are introduced into the event-triggered functions to prevent the usage of the global topology information. By virtue of the designed algorithm, it is guaranteed that the heterogeneous multi-agent systems can achieve the bipartite consensus in the presence of the Byzantine agents, and the communication burden among the agents can be reduced. The numerical simulations are conducted to verify the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.     

Distributed event-triggered consensus for multi-agent systems with quantisation

This paper studies the consensus problem for multi-agent systems with quantised information communication via event-triggered control. First, the asynchronous event-triggered control for multi-agent systems is considered based on distributed uniform-quantised protocols. It is shown that practical consensus among agents is guaranteed and occurrence of Zeno behaviour is prevented under the designed event-triggering mechanisms. Second, under the proposed protocols using logarithmic quantised information, both synchronous and asynchronous event-triggered control algorithms are given to solve the practical consensus problem. Meanwhile, Zeno behaviour of the closed-loop systems can be excluded under the proposed event-triggered algorithms. Finally, numerical simulations are given to illustrate the effectiveness of the derived results.     

Generalised exponential consensus of the fractional-order nonlinear multi-agent systems via event-triggered control

In this paper, the leader-following consensus problem of the fractional-order nonlinear multi-agent systems via event-triggered control is considered. An effective event-triggered controller is designed and then generalised exponential consensus of the controlled multi-agent systems is studied in the sense of Mittag-Leffler stability of fractional-order systems. The event-triggering function design is dependent on the parameter of the system structure and the minimum inter-event interval can be flexibly adjusted with different fractional-order α. With the event-triggered control scheme, the consensus condition is obtained and the convergence rate of the system is estimated. Numerical simulation indicates the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Dynamic event-triggered bipartite consensus for uncertain high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems

In this paper, the bipartite consensus problem is studied for a class of uncertain high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems. A signed digraph is presented to describe the collaborative and competitive interactions among agents. For each agent with lower triangular structure, a time-varying gain compensator is first designed by relative output information of neighboring agents. Subsequently, a distributed controller with dynamic event-triggered mechanism is proposed to drive the bipartite consensus error to zero. It is worth noting that an internal dynamic variable is introduced in triggering function, which plays an essential role in excluding the Zeno behavior and reducing energy consumption. Furthermore, the dynamic event-triggered control protocol is developed for upper triangular multi-agent systems to realize the bipartite consensus without Zeno behavior. Finally, simulation examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of the presented results.     

事件触发下多智能体系统固定时间二分一致性

针对具有符号有向图的一阶多智能体系统,研究了其固定时间二分一致性问题。为降低控制过程中多智能体系统的能量损耗,提出了一种基于事件触发机制的分布式控制协议。以图论和李雅普诺夫理论为主要研究工具,给出了多智能体系统在所设计控制协议作用下实现固定时间二分一致性的充分条件和与系统初始状态无关的收敛时间上界,并证明了使用该协议可以有效避免对智能体的连续控制和Zeno行为的发生。数值算例验证了所得理论结果的有效性。     

Decentralised consensus for multiple Lagrangian systems based on event-triggered strategy

This paper considers the decentralised event-triggered consensus problem for multi-agent systems with Lagrangian dynamics under undirected graphs. First, a distributed, leaderless, and event-triggered consensus control algorithm is presented based on the definition of generalised positions and velocities for all agents. There is only one triggering function for both the generalised positions and velocities and no Zeno behaviour exhibited under the proposed consensus strategy. Second, an adaptive event-triggered consensus control algorithm is proposed for such multi-agent systems with unknown constant parameters. Third, based on sliding-mode method, an event-triggered consensus control algorithm is considered for the case with external disturbance. Finally, simulation results are given to illustrate the theoretical results.     

通信延时和数据丢包下事件驱动的多智能体系统一致性研究

本文研究受网络通信延时和数据随机丢包的多智能系统一致性问题, 探索事件驱动的分布式协同控制策略. 首先针对两类普遍应用的事件触发器, 提出了一个可用于选择触发策略的触发频率比较方法. 然后提出了分布式协同控制律以保证系统的渐近一致性, 并给出了相应的时滞依赖Markov切换控制器设计新方法. 本文所提的控制策略不仅保证系统一致性目标, 而且能显著减少通信数据传输量并降低控制器计算负担. 最后,通过仿真算例验证了所提方法的有效性。     

基于事件触发的离散多智能体二分一致性

针对一阶离散多智能体系统,研究了事件触发控制下的二分一致性问题.首先考虑智能体间通信拓扑结构为无向连通结构平衡图的情形,针对各智能体设计事件触发控制,包括仅依赖于自身及邻居智能体采样状态的控制输入,以及仅依赖自身状态的事件触发条件,实现了对通信资源的节约利用.基于图论、离散系统稳定性理论,证明系统能够实现二分一致性.同时,合理设置控制输入及事件触发条件中参数,保证系统不存在Zeno现象.之后,进一步分析设计了包含有向生成树的结构平衡图下,多智能体系统的事件触发控制.最后利用仿真实例验证了理论结果的有效性.     

Event-Triggered Asymmetric Bipartite Consensus Tracking for Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems Based on Model-Free Adaptive Control

In this paper, an asymmetric bipartite consensus problem for the nonlinear multi-agent systems with cooperative and antagonistic interactions is studied under the event-triggered mechanism. For the agents described by a structurally balanced signed digraph, the asymmetric bipartite consensus objective is firstly defined, assigning the agents’ output to different signs and module values. Considering with the completely unknown dynamics of the agents, a novel event-triggered model-free adaptive bipartite control protocol is designed based on the agents’ triggered outputs and an equivalent compact form data model. By utilizing the Lyapunov analysis method, the threshold of the triggering condition is obtained. Subsequently, the asymptotic convergence of the tracking error is deduced and a sufficient condition is obtained based on the contraction mapping principle. Finally, the simulation example further demonstrates the effectiveness of the protocol.      

事件触发机制下的二阶多智能体系统的一致性

研究二阶多智能体系统的一致性问题.为了减少智能体之间的信息通信量,给出一种改进的事件触发控制方法, 在该方法下,每个智能体仅在自身事件触发时刻执行控制任务.利用模型转化、线性矩阵不等式方法和Lyapunov稳定性理论给出系统达到一致性的充分条件,同时,理论计算结果表明,系统在所提出的方法下不存在Zeno现象.仿真实例验证了理论分析的有效性.     

网络攻击下多智能体系统动态事件触发一致性

研究网络攻击下一般线性多智能体系统的动态事件触发一致性问题.考虑多智能体系统在受到网络攻击后,被攻击节点的状态会改变,导致与其相应的连接无法工作,设计修复策略恢复被攻击节点及其相应的连接,给出网络攻击下分布式事件触发控制协议.在静态事件触发机制基础上,通过引入动态阈值参数,提出动态事件触发机制.进一步,利用图论、线性矩阵不等式和李雅普诺夫函数方法,给出网络攻击下实现多智能体系统一致性的充分条件,并证明在所提出的动态事件触发条件下,能够有效避免芝诺行为.最后,通过仿真例子来验证理论结果的有效性.     

基于事件触发的非线性多智能体系统的固定时间分群一致性

结合事件触发控制方法研究非线性多智能体系统的固定时间分群一致性问题.提出一种非线性分布式事件触发分群一致性控制协议,并给出状态信息触发控制器更新的条件.该控制协议不受入度平衡条件限制,且只需自身状态信息与邻居智能体进行通信即可在固定时间内快速实现分群一致性.系统收敛时间与智能体的初始状态无关,可有效降低系统控制器更新频率和系统的资源消耗.结合代数图论、矩阵分析及Lyapunov稳定性理论,证明在所提出协议作用下,多智能体系统在固定时间内能够实现分群一致性,且不存在Zeno行为.最后,通过仿真实例检验了理论结果的可行性.     

基于事件触发控制的二阶多智能体的一致性

研究二阶多智能体系统在固定有向拓扑下的一致性问题。为减少不必要的网络带宽资源的浪费,给出一种基于事件触发控制的一致性算法。该算法基于状态误差对系统中的所有个体建立事件触发函数,使得个体之间的信息通讯和控制信号更新仅在事件触发时刻进行。采用矩阵理论和模型变换思想对系统进行了分析和转化,并利用Lyapunov理论给出了系统达到渐近一致的充分条件。仿真结果验证了理论方案的有效性。     

Event-triggered Sliding Mode Fault-tolerant Consensus for a Class of Leader-follower Multi-agent Systems

This paper concerns with the robust sliding mode fault-tolerant consensus problem for a class of undertain second-order leader-follower multi-agent systems based on event-triggering strategies. First, a sliding mode fault-tolerant controller which uses the bound information of actuator failure rate and the event-triggering threshold is designed to ensure the robust consensus of the multi-agent systems, and the range of the sliding mode band is also shown. Second, by constructing an equivalent relationship, the upper bound of robust consensus error is also given. Third, the minimum event-triggered execution time for the second-order leader-follower multi-agent systems is calculated. Finally, the simulation results verify the effectiveness of the proposed event-triggered sliding mode fault-tolerant consensus algorithm.

     

基于事件触发的三阶离散多智能体系统一致性分析

研究了基于事件触发控制的三阶离散多智能体系统的一致性问题.首先,基于位置、速度和加速度三者的测量误差,设计了一个新颖的事件触发控制机制.然后,利用不等式技巧,得到了使离散多智能体系统达到一致的充分条件.所得到的条件揭示了系统的通信拓扑的Laplacian矩阵特征值和耦合强度对于系统一致性的影响.此外,还给出了事件触发控制器排除类Zeno行为的确定条件,这意味着事件触发控制器不会每个迭代时刻都更新.最后,通过仿真实验验证了所获得理论结果的正确性和可用性     

积分事件触发策略下的线性多智能体系统领导跟随一致性

研究有向切换拓扑下线性多智能体系统的事件触发一致跟踪问题.大多数已有的工作研究了固定拓扑下的事件触发控制,然而,当智能体间联系随时间发生改变或通信拓扑随时间发生变化时,该控制策略失效.鉴于此,在考虑切换拓扑的基础上提出一种基于积分型事件触发的控制策略.首先,当拓扑图包含一棵生成树且领导者是根节点时,利用Lyapunov稳定性理论、代数图论和矩阵变换,基于积分型事件触发控制协议,在切换拓扑下多智能体系统达到领导跟随一致性;然后,当存在多个领导者时,基于设计的触发机制在切换拓扑下多智能体系统实现包含控制,上述两种情况下闭环系统均不存在Zeno现象;最后,通过仿真结果验证控制策略的有效性.     

自适应事件触发的马尔科夫跳变多智能体系统一致性

针对非线性马尔科夫跳变多智能体系统在有向固定拓扑下的领导跟随一致性问题,为减少智能体间不必要的通信传输,节约网络资源,保证系统性能,提出一种自适应事件触发控制策略.首先,将每一个智能体均视为马尔科夫跳变系统,且马尔科夫链的转移概率部分未知;通过简单的模型转换建立误差系统,将多智能体系统一致性问题转化为误差系统的稳定性问题;在此基础上,构造合适的Lyapunov-Krasovskii泛函并利用Jensen不等式和线性矩阵不等式等技术给出使多智能体系统达到领导跟随一致性的充分条件及控制器设计方法;通过求解线性矩阵不等式可以得到多智能体系统一致性控制器增益矩阵和事件触发参数矩阵;最后,通过数值仿真验证所提出方法的有效性.     

Improved leaderless consenus criteria of networked multi-agent systems based on the sampled data

This paper is concerned with leaderless consensus of networked multi-agent systems with Lipschitz-type nonlinear dynamics based on the sampled data. By introducing a weighted average state of all nodes as the virtual leader, the error variables are defined as the distance between agents and the virtual leader. The improvements are done in two directions. First, several consensus conditions are derived by linear matrix inequalities based on Finsler's lemma instead of algebraic criteria based on the general algebraic connectivity. Finsler's lemma is utilised to deal with the linear dependence of the error variables. Second, a distributed event-triggered transmission strategy under the periodic sampling scheme is proposed to reduce the communication between agents and the control updates, which only need to check the event condition at each sampling instant, avoiding the continuous monitor. With the improved strategies, one theorem and two corollaries are derived and a co-design approach of the feedback gain and the event-triggered matrix is also presented. Finally, an example is provided to validate the effectiveness of the theoretical results.