Hybrid coordination of multi-agent networks with hierarchical leaders

作者：He, Ding-Xin; Xu, Guang-Hui; Guan, Zhi-Hong^*; Chi, Ming; Zheng, Ding-Fu

来源：Communications in Nonlinear Science & Numerical Simulation, 2015, 27(1-3): 110-119.

DOI：10.1016/j.cnsns.2015.02.027

• Multi-agent network
• Hybrid coordination
• Hierarchical leaders
• Time-varying delay

In this paper, the hybrid oordination problem of multi-agent networks with hierarchical leaders is investigated. Firstly, for the case of static major leader with uncoupled follower groups, a necessary and sufficient condition is given for all minor leaders to attain the expected formation and follower groups asymptotically converge to their given desired states. Secondly, for the case of static major leader with coupling follower groups, a sufficient condition on control parameters and the weighted adjacency matrix for the hybrid coordination is provided. Thirdly, for the case of moving major leader with hierarchy delays, a necessary and sufficient condition for the multi-agent network to derive desired performance is also obtained. Finally, some numerical examples are presented to illustrate the theoretical results.

• 出版日期2015-10
• 单位华中科技大学