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Bipartite consensus tracking of heterogeneous multi-agent systems: A smooth output-feedback control approach

  • Yan Zhou
  • , Guanghui Wen*
  • , Guanrong Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Although some advances have been made in addressing the bipartite consensus tracking problem for homogeneous multi-agent systems, achieving bipartite consensus tracking for heterogeneous multi-agent systems remains a challenge, especially in the presence of agent-actuator faults with unavailable time-varying control input and state information from the leader. To deal with this problem, a new kind of output-based adaptive distributed smooth observers are introduced to estimate the leader's state. Subsequently, fault-tolerant control protocols are designed and analyzed from a smooth output-feedback approach. Moreover, to reduce computational burdens, smooth control protocols based on reduced-order observers are constructed. It is proved that the multi-agent system driven by the designed control laws can achieve bipartite consensus tracking. Finally, the effectiveness of the theoretical results is validated through simulations. © 2025 Elsevier Ltd.
Original languageEnglish
Article number112363
Number of pages8
JournalAutomatica
Volume178
Online published10 May 2025
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Aug 2025

Funding

This work was supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China under Grant No. 2022YFA1004702, in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China through Grant Nos. 62325304, U22B2046, and 62088101, and in part by the Jiangsu Provincial Scientific Research Center of Applied Mathematics under Grant No. BK20233002. The material in this paper was not presented at any conference. This paper was recommended for publication in revised form by Associate Editor Yongcan Cao under the direction of Editor Christos G. Cassandras.

Research Keywords

  • Actuator fault
  • Bipartite consensus tracking
  • Dynamic leader
  • Heterogeneous multi-agent system
  • Smooth output-feedback control

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