Formation Control with Multiple Leaders via Event-triggering Transmission Strategy

• Published in: International journal of control, automation, and systems Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 1494 - 1506
• Main Authors: Liu, Jing, Fang, Jian-an, Li, Zhen, He, Guang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Bucheon / Seoul Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems and The Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers 01.06.2019; Springer Nature B.V; 제어·로봇·시스템학회
• Subjects: Computer simulation; Control; Control stability; Control systems; Data transmission; Dynamic stability; Engineering; Fault tolerance; Faults; Fuzzy control; Induction generators; Liapunov functions; Linear matrix inequalities; Mathematical analysis; Mathematical models; Matrix methods; Mechatronics; Multiagent systems; Nonlinear systems; Proportional integral; Regular Papers; Robotics; Robustness (mathematics); Stability analysis; Strategy; Tracking control; Wind turbines; 제어계측공학; multi-agent systems; nonlinear dynamics; Event-triggering protocol; formation control
• ISSN: 1598-6446; 2005-4092
• DOI: 10.1007/s12555-018-0320-6

Event-triggering formation control with multiple leaders in second-order nonlinear multi-agent systems is investigated in this paper. This novel distributed formation control strategy allows the event-triggering condition to be intermittently examined at sampling instants, where the data transmission is driven by an event-triggering control protocol. Based on this strategy, two different formation control protocols are presented. Then, some sufficient conditions are given to ensure the second-order nonlinear multi-agent systems converge to the desired formation shape. Finally, examples are given to show the effectiveness of theoretical results.