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Synchronization of heterogeneous leader-follower multi-agent system with external disturbances

  • Ruhr University Bochum

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Abstract

The output synchronization problem is investigated for multiple linear agents with external disturbances that are guided by a leader with different dynamics. A method is presented for designing a networked controller that synchronizes the agents to the heterogeneous leader. First, a general dynamic controller with two inputs is proposed that introduces the model of the leader as an internal reference model into the control loop of all following agents. Second, the two inputs to the local controllers of the followers are designed by H∞ control theory such that the resulting closed-loop system achieves the output synchronization with a desired disturbance attenuation performance. The proposed method is applied to the leader-follower synchronization of vehicles in a platoon.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication4th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, NecSys 2013 - Proceedings
Pages397-403
Number of pages7
EditionPART 1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event4th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, NecSys 2013 - Koblenz, Germany
Duration: 25 Sep 2013 → 26 Sep 2013

Publication series

NameIFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
NumberPART 1
Volume4
ISSN (Print)1474-6670

Conference

Conference4th IFAC Workshop on Distributed Estimation and Control in Networked Systems, NecSys 2013
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityKoblenz
Period25/09/13 → 26/09/13

Keywords

  • Disturbance attenuation
  • H∞ control
  • Multi-agent system
  • Synchronization
  • Vehicle platoon

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