Consensus Analysis of High-Order Multiagent Systems with General Topology and Asymmetric Time-Delays

This paper focuses on the consensus problem for high-order multiagent systems (MAS) with directed network and asymmetric time-varying time-delays. It is proved that the high-order multiagent system can reach consensus when the network topology contains a spanning tree and time-delay is bounded. The...

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Main Author: Fangcui Jiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/136205
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Summary:This paper focuses on the consensus problem for high-order multiagent systems (MAS) with directed network and asymmetric time-varying time-delays. It is proved that the high-order multiagent system can reach consensus when the network topology contains a spanning tree and time-delay is bounded. The main contribution of this paper is that a Lyapunov-like design framework for the explicit selection of protocol parameters is provided. The Lyapunov-like design guarantees the robust consensus of the high-order multiagent system with respect to asymmetric time-delays and is independent of the exact knowledge of the topology when the communication linkages among agents are undirected and connected.
ISSN:1024-123X
1563-5147