Title :
Cooperative Global Robust Output Regulation for a Class of Nonlinear Multi-Agent Systems With Switching Network
Author :
Wei Liu ; Jie Huang
Author_Institution :
Shenzhen Res. Inst., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Abstract :
This technical note studies the cooperative global robust output regulation problem for a class of nonlinear multi-agent systems with switching network by a distributed output feedback control law. We first convert the problem via the internal model approach to a global robust stabilization problem of an augmented system. Then, using average dwell time method, we present a set of solvability conditions for the latter problem by a distributed switched output feedback control law, thus leading to the solution of the original problem. Our approach is illustrated by a family of Lorenz systems subject to a harmonic exosystem.
Keywords :
computability; feedback; multi-agent systems; nonlinear systems; robust control; switching systems (control); Lorenz systems; augmented system; average dwell time method; cooperative global robust output regulation problem; distributed output feedback control law; distributed switched output feedback control law; global robust stabilization problem; harmonic exosystem; internal model; nonlinear multiagent systems; solvability conditions; switching network; Lyapunov methods; Mathematical model; Multi-agent systems; Nickel; Output feedback; Robustness; Switches; Cooperative control; multi-agent systems; nonlinear systems; output regulation; switching network;
Journal_Title :
Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TAC.2014.2368231