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Consensus for Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems with Directed Network Topologies

  • Meiling Zhu EMAIL logo , Yong Xu and Rui Zhao
Published/Copyright: September 17, 2017
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Abstract

In this paper, the consensus problem for heterogeneous multi-agent systems composed of first-order and second-order agents is investigated with directed network topologies. Based on a system transformation method, this consensus problem is turned into a consensus problem for homogeneous multi-agent systems. With certain assumption on the control parameters, firstly, necessary and sufficient condition for consensus is proposed with fixed topology. Secondly, sufficient condition is proposed for heterogeneous multi-agent systems to achieve consensus with switching topologies. Finally, simulation examples are presented to verify the effectiveness of the theoretical results.


Supported by Natural Science Foundation of Hebei Province (A2013202198)


Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the Editor and two anonymous referees for their insightful comments and helpful suggestions that led to a marked improvement of the article.

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Received: 2016-3-9
Accepted: 2016-5-19
Published Online: 2017-9-17

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