Volume 31, Issue 18 pp. 9416-9435
RESEARCH ARTICLE

Finite-time adaptive output synchronization of uncertain nonlinear heterogeneous multi-agent systems

Zhitao Li

Zhitao Li

School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

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Majid Mazouchi

Majid Mazouchi

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

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Hamidreza Modares

Hamidreza Modares

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

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Ximing Wang

Ximing Wang

School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

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Jinsheng Sun

Corresponding Author

Jinsheng Sun

School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China

Correspondence Jinsheng Sun, School of Automation, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China.

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First published: 14 September 2021
Citations: 2

Funding information: China Scholarship Council, 201906840036

Abstract

This article deals with finite-time adaptive output synchronization of heterogeneous leader-follower multi-agent systems with uncertain dynamics. Two types of uncertainties are considered: 1) uncertainty in the dynamics of follower agents and 2) uncertainty in the leader's trajectory caused by unknown leader dynamics. To this aim, a novel adaptive distributed finite-time observer is first proposed by which the followers can estimate the leader's state and dynamics in finite time. Moreover, the leader's unknown output matrix is estimated in finite time by another distributed dynamic observer. To cope with uncertainty in its own dynamics, then, each follower agent utilizes a novel filtered-regressor-based identifier, decoupled from the leader's state estimator, to learn about its uncertain dynamics without the requirement of measuring the state derivatives. Finally, the presented distributed finite-time observers are leveraged by an adaptive distributed controller to guarantee finite-time output synchronization of each follower agent to the leader. To show the efficiency of the proposed approach, a simulation example is provided.

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

The authors declare no potential conflict of interests.

DATA AVAILABILITY STATEMENT

The data that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.

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