On the Observability of Leader-Based Multiagent Systems with Fixed Topology. (5th November 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Bo; Xu, Ningsheng; Su, Housheng; Wu, Licheng; Bai, Jiahui
• Other Names: Guo Xianggui Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Complexity. Volume 2019(2019)
• Publication Date: 2019-11-05
• Subjects: Chaotic behavior in systems -- Periodicals; Complexity (Philosophy) -- Periodicals; 003
• DOI: 10.1155/2019/9487574
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1076-2787

Abstract

Abstract : This paper investigates the observability of first-order, second-order, and high-order leader-based multiagent systems (MASs) with fixed topology, respectively. Some new algebraic and graphical characterizations of the observability for the first-order MASs are established based on agreement protocols. Moreover, under the same leader-following framework with the predefined topology and leader assignment, the observability conditions for systems of double-integrator and high-integrator agents are also obtained. Finally, the effectiveness of the theoretical results is verified by numerical examples and simulations.