Robust consensus algorithm for second-order multi-agent systems with external disturbances

International Journal of Control

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1913-1928

  Du, Haibo ^a,b   Li, Shihua ^a   Shi, Peng ^c,d  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

communication delay; finite time control; multi agent system; non smooth control; robust consensus

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION DELAYS; FINITE-TIME CONTROL; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); NON-SMOOTH; ROBUST CONSENSUS;

ALGORITHMS; CONTROL THEORY; DIRECTED GRAPHS; ERRORS; TOPOLOGY;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84867450536     PISSN: 00207179     EISSN: 13665820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207179.2012.713515     Document Type: Article

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