Output regulation and consensus of a class of multi-agent systems under switching communication topologies

Authors

  • Alejandro Cervantes Herrera Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes
  • Javier Ruiz León CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Guadalajara
  • Carlos López Limón CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Guadalajara
  • Antonio Ramírez Treviño CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Guadalajara

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.13053/cys-19-4-1991

Keywords:

Distributed control, multi-agents, switched linear systems, regulation.

Abstract

This paper presents the design of a distributedcontrol law for the output regulation and output consensusof a set of N agents. In this approach, each agentdynamics is represented by a switched linear system.The representation of the agents is neither constrainedto be the same nor to have the same state dimension,and communication among agents is considered to beswitching. It is also considered that some agents getthe reference to be followed from the output of a virtualagent, and every agent gets the output information of itsneighbors. Using this information, every agent computesthe exosystem state to solve its individual regulationproblem. The approach herein proposed employs a localswitched stabilizing feedback for each agent based ona common Lyapunov function. A numerical example isprovided in order to illustrate the proposed control law.

Author Biographies

Alejandro Cervantes Herrera, Universidad Autónoma de Aguascalientes

Received his Bachelordegree in Electronics Engineering in 2004 fromthe Technological Institute of Aguascalientes, Mexico.He obtained a Master degree and a Ph.D., bothin Sciences with a major in Electrical Engineering,from the Research and Advanced Studies Centerof the IPN Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in 2008and 2012, respectively. He is currently an AssociateProfessor at the Autonomous University ofAguascalientes, Mexico. His main research interestsinclude hybrid systems, autonomous agents,and multi-agent system control.

Javier Ruiz León, CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Guadalajara

Received his M.Sc. degreefrom CINVESTAV, Mexico, in 1992, and the Ph.D.degree from the Czech Technical University inPrague, Czech Republic, in 1996. He currentlyworks at CINVESTAV Campus Guadalajara, Mexico.His research interests include linear systemtheory and hybrid systems.

Carlos López Limón, CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Guadalajara

Received the Bachelor degreein Electronics Engineering in 2006 from thePolytechnic University of Aguascalientes, Mexico,his M.Sc. degree from CINVESTAV CampusGuadalajara, Mexico, in 2010, and his Ph.D. degreefrom CINVESTAV Campus Guadalajara, Mexico,in 2015. He is currently with Intel Guadalajara,Mexico.

Antonio Ramírez Treviño, CINVESTAV-IPN Unidad Guadalajara

Received the Ph.D. degreefrom the University of Zaragoza, Zaragoza,Spain, in 1993. He is currently with CINVESTAV,Guadalajara, Mexico. His research interests includediscrete-event systems, hybrid systems, andMEMS.

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Published

2015-12-18

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Vol. 19 No. 4 (2015): 19(4) 2015 Thematic issue: Computational Linguistics (Guest editor: A. Gelbukh)

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