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Secure output synchronization of heterogeneous multi-agent systems against false data injection attacks

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This paper studies secure output synchronization for heterogeneous multi-agent systems against false data injection (FDI) attacks. Both the sensors and actuators of agents may be injected into FDI attacks. To mitigate the malicious impact of these attacks on synchronization performance, a desired reference model, which is combined with an auxiliary system, is first designed for each agent to simulate its normal system dynamics. Then, based on this reference model, a state feedback cooperative controller and a static output feedback cooperative controller, which consist of adaptive compensators, are proposed, respectively. The integrated control protocols can ensure that the output synchronization error is small by adjusting some designed parameters even in the presence of FDI attacks. An illustrative example is employed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 61973082), Six Talent Peaks Project in Jiangsu Province (Grant No. XYDXX-005).

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  1. School of Automation, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Shicheng Huo & Ya Zhang

  2. School of Cyber Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Dalin Huang

  3. Key Laboratory of Measurement and Control of Complex Systems of Engineering, Ministry of Education, Nanjing, 210096, China

    Shicheng Huo, Dalin Huang & Ya Zhang

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Huo, S., Huang, D. & Zhang, Y. Secure output synchronization of heterogeneous multi-agent systems against false data injection attacks. Sci. China Inf. Sci. 65, 162204 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11432-020-3148-x

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