Kybernetika 60 no. 2, 210-227, 2024

Quantized cooperative output regulation of continuous-time multi-agent systems over switching graph

Ji Ma, Bo Yang, Jiayu Qiu, Ziqin Chen and Wenfeng HuDOI: 10.14736/kyb-2024-2-0210

Abstract:

This paper investigates the problem of quantized cooperative output regulation of linear multi-agent systems with switching graphs. A novel dynamic encoding-decoding scheme with a finite communication bandwidth is designed. Leveraging this scheme, a distributed protocol is proposed, ensuring asymptotic convergence of the tracking error under both bounded and unbounded link failure durations. Compared with the existing quantized control work of MASs, the semi-global assumption of initial conditions is not required, and the communication graph is only required to be jointly connected. Finally, two simulation examples demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed distributed protocol for bounded and unbounded link failure durations.

Keywords:

multi-agent systems, quantized control, cooperative output regulation, switching graph, jointly connected graph, unbounded link failure duration

Classification:

90C33, 68W15

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