Kybernetika 48 no. 6, 1180-1193, 2012

Finite-time consensus problem for multiple non-holonomic mobile agents

Jiankui Wang, Zhihui Qiu and Guoshan Zhang

Abstract:

In this paper, the problem of finite time consensus is discussed for multiple non-holonomic mobile agents. The objective is to design a distributed finite time control law such that the controlled multiple non-holonomic mobile agents can reach consensus within any given finite settling time. We propose a novel switching control strategy with the help of time-rescalling technique and graph theory. The numerical simulations are presented to show the effectiveness of the method.

Keywords:

finite time consensus, nonholonomic system, time-rescaling, mobile agents

Classification:

93D15, 93D21

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