Second-Order Consensus of Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems

Huaqing Li, Dawen Xia, Qingguo Lu, Zheng Wang, Xiangzhao Wu, Huiwei Wang, Lianghao Ji

• Publisher: Academic Press
• Year: 2021
• ISBN:
  9780323901321
• Topic: Biological Sciences
• Subtopic: Biotechnology
• Index: Biological Sciences

Second-Order Consensus of Continuous-Time Multi-Agent Systems focuses on the characteristics and features of second-order agents, communication networks, and control protocols/algorithms in continuous consensus of multi-agent systems. The book provides readers with background on consensus control of multi-agent systems and introduces the intrinsic characteristics of second-order agents' behavior, including the development of continuous control protocols/algorithms over various types of underlying communication networks, as well as the implementation of computation- and communication-efficient strategies in the execution of protocols/algorithms. The book's authors also provide coverage of the frameworks of stability analysis, algebraic criteria and performance evaluation.

On this basis, the book provides an in-depth study of intrinsic nonlinear dynamics from agents' perspective, coverage of unbalanced directed topology, random switching topology, event-triggered communication, and random link failure, from a communication networks' perspective, as well as leader-following control, finite-time control, and global consensus control, from a protocols/algorithms' perspective. Finally, simulation results including practical application examples are presented to illustrate the effectiveness and the practicability of the control protocols and algorithms proposed in this book.

• Introduces the latest and most advanced protocols and algorithms in second-order consensus of continuous time, multi-agent systems with various characteristics
• Provides readers with in-depth methods on how to construct the frameworks of stability analysis, algebraic criteria, and performance evaluation, thus helping users develop novel consensus control methods
• Includes systematic introductions and detailed implementations on how control protocols and algorithms solve problems in real world, second-order, multi-agent systems, including solutions for engineers in related fields

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• List of figures
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1: Second-order consensus seeking in directed networks of multi-agent dynamical systems via generalized linear local interaction protocols
• Chapter 2: Robust finite-time leader-following consensus algorithms for second-order multi-agent systems with nonlinear dynamics
• Chapter 3: Second-order consensus of multi-agent systems with nonlinear dynamics over random switching directed networks
• Chapter 4: Second-order locally dynamical consensus of multi-agent systems with arbitrarily fast switching directed topologies
• Chapter 5: Second-order global consensus in multi-agent systems with random directional link failure
• Chapter 6: Algebraic criteria for second-order global consensus in multi-agent networks with intrinsic nonlinear dynamics and directed topologies
• Chapter 7: Event-triggering sampling-based leader-following consensus in second-order multi-agent systems
• Chapter 8: Consensus analysis of multi-agent systems with second-order nonlinear dynamics and general directed topology: an event-triggered scheme
• Index