Joining consensus of networked multi-agent systems with nonlinear couplings and weighting constraints

  • Bohui Wang
  • , Jingcheng Wang
  • , Langwen Zhang
  • , Yang Ge

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Abstract

This paper studies the joining consensus of networked multi-agent systems subject to nonlinear couplings and weighted directed graphs via pinning control. A weighted-average consensus protocol is proposed to achieve the collective decision by interacting with the local information of some pinned agents. By proposing a novel joining consensus protocol, average consensus and general consensus strategies are joined to achieve an agreement for the weighting networked system. Furthermore, by calculating a proper consensus gain and using finite control Lyapunov controllers, an efficient joining consensus protocol is presented to improve the consensus speed. Sufficient conditions for achieving the consensuses asymptotically are proved. Finally, theoretical results are validated via simulations.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1185-1201
Number of pages17
JournalInternational Journal of Systems Science
Volume47
Issue number5
DOIs
StatePublished - 3 Apr 2016
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • average consensus
  • finite pinning control Lyapunov functions
  • joining consensus
  • networked multi-agent systems
  • pinning control
  • weighting constraints

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