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Hybrid coordination of multi-agent networks with hierarchical leaders

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 27; Issue: 1-3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.cnsns.2015.02.027

1878-7274

Dingxin He, Guanghui Xu, Zhi‐Hong Guan, Ming Chi, Ding-Fu Zheng,

Mathematical and Theoretical Epidemiology and Ecology Models

In this paper, the hybrid coordination problem of multi-agent networks with hierarchical leaders is investigated. Firstly, for the case of static major leader with uncoupled follower groups, a necessary and sufficient condition is given for all minor leaders to attain the expected formation and follower groups asymptotically converge to their given desired states. Secondly, for the case of static major leader with coupling follower groups, a sufficient condition on control parameters and the weighted adjacency matrix for the hybrid coordination is provided. Thirdly, for the case of moving major leader with hierarchy delays, a necessary and sufficient condition for the multi-agent network to derive desired performance is also obtained. Finally, some numerical examples are presented to illustrate the theoretical results.