Distributed robust control of linear multi-agent systems with parameter uncertainties

International Journal of Control

Volumn 85, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1039-1050

  Li, Zhongkui ^a   Duan, Zhisheng ^b   Xie, Lihua ^c   Liu, Xiangdong ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

distributed control; H control; multi agent system; parameter uncertainty; robustness

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION TOPOLOGIES; CONTINUOUS TIME; CONTROL PROBLEMS; DISCRETE-TIME CASE; DISCRETE-TIME CONTROLLERS; DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; DISTRIBUTED CONTROLLER; EXISTENCE CONDITIONS; EXTERNAL DISTURBANCES; FEEDBACK GAIN; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); PARAMETER UNCERTAINTY; QUADRATIC STABILITY; ROBUST CONTROL PROBLEMS; ROBUST H; SINGLE-AGENT; TWO-STEP ALGORITHMS;

DISCRETE TIME CONTROL SYSTEMS; LINEAR MATRIX INEQUALITIES; LINEAR SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS);

ROBUST CONTROL;

EID: 84863561489     PISSN: 00207179     EISSN: 13665820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2012.674644     Document Type: Article

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