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Distributed Event-triggered Consensus Control for Heterogeneous Multi-agent Systems under Fixed and Switching Topologies

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This paper investigates the distributed consensus problem for heterogeneous multi-agent systems via event-triggered scheme. To alleviate the communication burden, a distributed event-triggered consensus algorithm using an open-loop estimate and neighboring information is proposed. In the proposed event-triggered scheme, the control input of each agent is dependent on the estimate and information at discrete instants. Firstly, the novel event-triggered consensus algorithm is proposed for fixed topology, which involves the discrete communication between neighboring agents. Then, for the switching topology, the triggering condition is proposed by virtue of a topology-dependent dwell time approach. Further, the corresponding consensus procedures are given. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed scheme is illustrated by numerical results.

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Recommended by Associate Editor Muhammad Rehan under the direction of Editor Myo Taeg Lim. This work was supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant 61174070, NSFC-Guangdong Joint Foundation Key Project (U1401253), and in part by the Applied Science and Technology Research Special Fund of Guangdong Province under Grant 2016B09092700 7 and Applied Science and Technology Research Special Fund of Guangdong Province under Grant 2016B020243011.

Junhua Huang received his B.Sc. degree from Beijing Institute of Technology, Zhuhai Campus, China, in 2010, and his M.S. degree from Guangdong University of Technology, China, in 2013. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at School of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology. His main research interests include multi-agent systems and networked control systems.

Liding Chen received his B.S. degree from South China University Of Technology, China, in 1986, his M.Sc degree in information and control engineering from Xi‘An Jiaotong University, Xi’An, China, in 1989. His current interests include multi-agent systems and networked control systems.

Xuhuan Xie received his M.S. degree from Harbin University of Science and Technology, China, in 2017. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at School of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology. His research interests include event-triggered control and filtering and networked control systems.

Mufeng Wang received his B.S. degree from West Anhui University, China, in 2013, and his M.S. degree from Guangxi Normal University, China, in 2016. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. degree at the School of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology. His major research interests include analysis and synthesis of security issues for cyber-physical systems.

Bugong Xu received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees from South China University of Technology, China, in 1982, 1989, and 1993, respectively. Since 1982, He has been with the College of Automation Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology. His research interests include networked control systems, sensor network.

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Huang, J., Chen, L., Xie, X. et al. Distributed Event-triggered Consensus Control for Heterogeneous Multi-agent Systems under Fixed and Switching Topologies. Int. J. Control Autom. Syst. 17, 1945–1956 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12555-018-0601-0

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