Finite-time consensus for multi-agent networks with unknown inherent nonlinear dynamics |
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Authors: | Yongcan Cao Wei Ren |
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Affiliation: | 1. Control Science Center of Excellence, Air Force Research Laboratory, United States;2. Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, United States |
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Abstract: | The objective of this paper is to analyze the finite-time convergence of a nonlinear but continuous consensus algorithm for multi-agent networks with unknown inherent nonlinear dynamics. Due to the existence of the unknown inherent nonlinear dynamics, the stability analysis and the finite-time convergence analysis are more challenging than those under the well-studied consensus algorithms for known linear systems. For this purpose, we propose a novel comparison based tool. By using this tool, it is shown that the proposed nonlinear consensus algorithm can guarantee finite-time convergence if the directed switching interaction graph has a directed spanning tree at each time interval. Specifically, the finite-time convergence is shown by comparing the closed-loop system under the proposed consensus algorithm with some well-designed closed-loop system whose stability properties are easier to obtain. Moreover, the stability and the finite-time convergence of the closed-loop system using the proposed consensus algorithm under a (general) directed switching interaction graph can even be guaranteed by the stability and the finite-time convergence of some well-designed nonlinear closed-loop system under some special directed switching interaction graph. This provides a stimulating example for the potential applications of the proposed comparison based tool in the stability analysis of linear/nonlinear closed-loop systems by making use of known results in linear/nonlinear systems. |
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Keywords: | Consensus Cooperative control Nonlinear dynamics Multi-agent systems Finite-time convergence |
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