Title :
Almost regulated output synchronization for heterogeneous time-varying networks of non-introspective agents and without exchange of controller states
Author :
Meirong Zhang ; Saberi, Ali ; Stoorvogel, Anton A. ; Sannuti, Peddapullaiah
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Washington State Univ., Pullman, WA, USA
Abstract :
We consider almost regulated output synchronization for heterogeneous directed networks with external disturbances where agents are non-introspective (i.e. agents have no access to their own states or outputs). A purely decentralized time-invariant protocol based on a low-and-high gain method is designed for each agent to achieve almost regulated output synchronization while reducing the impact of disturbances on the regulated output synchronization error. It is also shown that this protocol also works in the case of time-varying graphs.
Keywords :
decentralised control; directed graphs; multi-agent systems; network theory (graphs); synchronisation; time-varying systems; almost regulated output synchronization error; controller state exchange; heterogeneous directed networks; heterogeneous time-varying networks; low-and-high gain method; multiagent system; nonintrospective agents; purely decentralized time-invariant protocol; time-varying graphs; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Heterogeneous networks; Laplace equations; Network topology; Protocols; Synchronization; Topology;
Conference_Titel :
American Control Conference (ACC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-8685-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACC.2015.7171148