Semi-global leader-following consensus of linear multi-agent systems with input saturation via low gain feedback

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems I: Regular Papers

Volumn 60, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1881-1889

  Su, Housheng ^a   Chen, Michael Z Q ^b   Lam, James ^b   Lin, Zongli ^c  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consensus; input saturation; leader following; low gain feedback

Indexed keywords

FEEDBACK;

BOUNDED CONTROLS; CONSENSUS; DISTRIBUTED CONSENSUS; GAIN FEEDBACKS; INPUT SATURATION; JOINTLY CONNECTED; LEADER FOLLOWING; SEMI-GLOBAL;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 84880073411     PISSN: 15498328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCSI.2012.2226490     Document Type: Article

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