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Adaptive Event-triggered Cooperative Tracking Control Under Full-state Constraints Based on Nonlinear Time-varying Multi-agent Systems

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An adaptive dynamic surface control (DSC) scheme using event triggering mechanism and barrier Lyapunov function (BLF) to constraint state variables and solve energy saving issues is proposed for multi-agent systems (MASs). Furthermore, invented a control algorithm that uses the event-triggered mechanism for not only decrease the number of information exchanges between agents significantly but also decreased utilization of electricity and communication expenses in the control process. DSC and full-state constraints are used to solve the “complexity explosion” problem of the traditional back-stepping method. Simulation and semi-physical experimental platforms were constructed to verify the proposed algorithm is valid.

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    Lingfang Sun, Yida Zang, Xiuyu Zhang & Guoqiang Zhu

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    Lingfang Sun, Yida Zang, Xiuyu Zhang & Guoqiang Zhu

  3. Tangshan Power Supply Company State Grid Jibei Electric Power Company, Tangshan, 063000, China

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  4. School of Automation, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China

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Lingfang Sun was born in Heze City, China. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China, in 1993 and 1999, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree from North China Electric Power University, Beijing, China, in 2004. He is currently a Professor with the School of Automation Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China. His research interests include advanced control of thermal process and fouling monitoring of heat exchange equipment.

Yida Zang received his B.S. degree in transmission engineering from Northeast Electric Power University in 2018. Currently, he is studying for a master’s degree in control science and engineering at Northeastern Electric Power University. His research interests include nonlinear control, adaptive control, and multi-agent systems.

Xiuyu Zhang was born in Jilin City, China. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China, in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China, in 2012. He is currently a Professor with the School of Automation Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China. His research interests include robust and adaptive control for nonlinear systems with smart-material based actuators.

Guoqiang Zhu was born in Heze City, China. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China, in 2003 and 2006, respectively, and a Ph.D. degree from Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics (BUAA), Beijing, China, in 2015. He is currently an Associated Professor with the School of Automation Engineering, Northeast Electric Power University, and also a Member of Jilin Provincial International Joint Research Center of Precision Drive and Intelligent Control. His research interests include robust and adaptive control for nonlinear systems.

Cheng Zhong was born in Changchun City, China. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees from Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin, China, in 2003 and 2006, respectively. He is currently a senior engineer of Tangshan Power Supply Company, State Grid Jibei Electric Power Company, Tangshan. China. His research interests include power system stability analysis and power supply management.

Chenliang Wang received his B.Eng. degree in automation and a Ph.D. degree in control theory and control engineering from the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University, in 2008 and 2013, respectively. Currently, he is an Associate Professor with the School of Automation Science and Electrical Engineering, Beihang University. From April 2015 to April 2016, he was a Visiting Scholar at National University of Singapore, Singapore. His research interests include anti-disturbance control, adaptive control, and their applications to flight vehicles.

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Sun, L., Zang, Y., Zhang, X. et al. Adaptive Event-triggered Cooperative Tracking Control Under Full-state Constraints Based on Nonlinear Time-varying Multi-agent Systems. Int. J. Control Autom. Syst. 22, 867–882 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-022-0435-7

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