Observer-Based Time-Varying Formation Control of Fractional-Order Multi-Agent Systems with General Linear Dynamics

  • Yufei Gong
  • , Guoguang Wen*
  • , Zhaoxia Peng
  • , Tingwen Huang
  • , Yiwen Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This brief addresses the time-varying formation control (TVFC) problem for fractional-order multi-agent systems (MASs) with general linear dynamics under fixed and switching directed interaction topologies respectively, where the fractional-order \alpha satisfies a general condition of {\alpha \in (0,n]}. Considering only the output information are available, the observer-based distributed control protocols are proposed to realize TVFC. By a class of linear transformations, the TVFC problem converts into the asymptotical stability problem of a new system. Sufficient conditions for fractional-order MASs are derived by employing the stability theory of fractional-order systems, matrix theory, algebraic graph theory, Laplace transformation, and Mittag-Leffler function. Finally, two numerical simulations are presented to validate the theoretical analysis.

Original languageEnglish
Article number8640252
Pages (from-to)82-86
Number of pages5
JournalIEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems II: Express Briefs
Volume67
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Jan 2020

Keywords

  • Multi-agent systems
  • fractional-order
  • observer-based protocol
  • time-varying formation control

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