Distributed control gains design for consensus in multi-agent systems with second-order nonlinear dynamics

Wenwu Yu, Wei Ren, Wei Xing Zheng, Guanrong Chen, Jinhu. Lu

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    Abstract

    This paper discusses the design of distributed control gains for consensus in multi-agent systems with second-order nonlinear dynamics. First, an effective distributed adaptive gain-design strategy is proposed based only on local information of the network structure. Then, a leader-follower consensus problem in multi-agent systems with updated control gains is studied. A distributed adaptive law is then proposed for each follower based on local information of neighboring agents and the leader if this follower is an informed agent. Furthermore, a distributed leader-follower consensus problem in multi-agent systems with unknown nonlinear dynamics is investigated by combining the variable structure approach and the adaptive method. Finally, simulation examples are given to illustrate the theoretical analysis.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2107-2115
    Number of pages9
    JournalAutomatica
    Volume49
    Issue number7
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

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