On Relative-Output Feedback Approach for Group Consensus of Clusters of Multiagent Systems

Kamil Hassan; Fatima Tahir; Muhammad Rehan; Choon Ki Ahn; Mohammed Chadli

doi:10.1109/TCYB.2021.3092720

On Relative-Output Feedback Approach for Group Consensus of Clusters of Multiagent Systems

Kamil Hassan
, Fatima Tahir
, Muhammad Rehan
, Choon Ki Ahn
, Mohammed Chadli

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Abstract

In this article, the group consensus problem is addressed for a network of multiagent systems (MASs). Unlike in existing literature, where a relative-state feedback-based distributed control input is used to achieve group consensus, this work aims at designing a relative-output-based distributed control law to achieve the same goal. To that effect, the Lyapunov stability theory is used to formulate the sufficient and necessary conditions for the existence of such a feedback controller and then separate conditions have been included for its design. In addition to that, a new linear matrix inequality is explored to choose the intracluster coupling strengths to ensure group consensus. In this article, the relative-output-based control approach is investigated for both the leaderless and the leader-following frameworks of the group consensus problem, and the theoretical findings presented are validated using numerical examples and simulation results.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	55-66
Number of pages	12
Journal	IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics
Volume	53
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/TCYB.2021.3092720
Publication status	Published - 2023 Jan 1

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Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea Government (Ministry of Science and ICT) under Grant NRF- 2020R1A2C1005449, and in part by the Brain Korea 21 Plus Project in 2021.

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Keywords

Cluster consensus
clusters of heterogeneous systems
consensus
cooperative control of multiagent systems (MAS)
group consensus
static output feedback control

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Software
Control and Systems Engineering
Information Systems
Human-Computer Interaction
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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