Consensus problem of high-order multi-agent systems with external disturbances: An H∞ analysis approach

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 1579-1593

  Liu, Yang ^a   Jia, Yingmin ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

External disturbances; H control; High order multi agent systems; Output consensus

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS APPROACH; CONSENSUS PROBLEMS; DIRECTED NETWORK; DISTRIBUTED PROTOCOLS; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; FORMATION CONTROL; HIGH-ORDER; MODEL TRANSFORMATION; NUMERICAL EXAMPLE; OUTPUT CONSENSUS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SWITCHING TOPOLOGY; THEORETICAL RESULT;

LINEAR SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 77957352512     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: 10991239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1531     Document Type: Article

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