State synchronization of a class of homogeneous linear multi-agent systems in the presence of unknown input delays via static protocols. (May 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Meirong; Saberi, Ali; Stoorvogel, Anton A.; Liu, Zhenwei
• Is Part Of: European journal of control. Volume 47(2019)
• Page Start: 20
• Page End: 29
• Publication Date: 2019-05
• Subjects: Multi-agent systems -- Input delay -- Squared-down passive -- Squared-down passifiable via input feedforward -- Static protocol; Control theory -- Periodicals; Automatic control -- Periodicals; Automatic control -- Mathematics -- Periodicals; Electronic journals; 629.805
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcon.2018.08.002
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0947-3580

Abstract

Abstract: This paper studies state synchronization of homogeneous multi-agent systems (MAS) in the presence of unknown input delay via static protocols. The agents are coupled though part of their state. Both uniform input delay and nonuniform input delay are considered. We investigate two classes of agents, for which static linear protocol can be designed: squared-down passive and squared-down passifiable via input feedforward. A low-gain static protocol is designed for each of the two classes of agents such that state synchronization is achieved among agents with uniform or nonuniform input delay.