@inproceedings{749a88c9ebc54f7990f67b81beb7b7ee,
title = "Distributed control of nonlinear multi-agents in the strict-feedback form: A cyclic-small-gain approach",
abstract = "This paper presents a cyclic-small-gain approach to distributed control of nonlinear multi-agent systems in the strict-feedback form for output agreement. Through a novel nonlinear control law design, the output agreement problem is transformed into a stabilization problem, and the closed-loop multi-agent system is transformed into a large-scale system composed of input-to-output stable (IOS) subsystems which are interconnected with each other through redefined outputs. The cyclic-small-gain theorem is employed as a fundamental tool to guarantee the IOS of the closed-loop large-scale system and the practical outputagreement of the multi-agent system. Moreover, if the system is disturbance-free, then accurate output-agreement is achievable. Interestingly, the closed-loop multi-agent system is also robust with respect to bounded time-delays in information exchange.",
keywords = "Distributed control, input-to-output stability, input-to-state stability, nonlinear uncertain systems, small-gain theorem",
author = "Tengfei Liu and Jiang, {Zhong Ping}",
year = "2015",
month = sep,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1109/ChiCC.2015.7260825",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Chinese Control Conference, CCC",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "7481--7486",
editor = "Qianchuan Zhao and Shirong Liu",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 34th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2015",
note = "34th Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2015 ; Conference date: 28-07-2015 Through 30-07-2015",
}