Distributed output regulation of leader-follower multi-agent systems

International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 48-66

  Hong, Yiguang ^a   Wang, Xiaoli ^b   Jiang, Zhong Ping ^c  

^a CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

distributed control; internal model; multi agent systems; output regulation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTED CONTROL; EXOSYSTEMS; INTERCONNECTION TOPOLOGIES; INTERNAL MODEL PRINCIPLE; INTERNAL MODELS; LEADER-FOLLOWER; MULTI AGENT SYSTEM (MAS); MULTI-AGENT COORDINATIONS; OUTPUT REGULATION; OUTPUT REGULATION PROBLEM; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; SUFFICIENT CONDITIONS;

ALGORITHMS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84871712397     PISSN: 10498923     EISSN: 10991239     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/rnc.1814     Document Type: Article

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