@inproceedings{5d4fc5858e6c47b087893528e54b100f,
title = "Distributed output-feedback control of a class of nonlinear large-scale systems",
abstract = "This paper presents a cyclic-small-gain approach to distributed output-feedback control of interconnected nonlinear multi-agent systems. Through novel distributed observer and control law designs, the closed-loop multi-agent system is transformed into a large-scale system composed of input-to-output stable (IOS) subsystems, the IOS gains of which can be appropriately designed. By guaranteeing the IOS of the closed-loop multi-agent system with the recently developed cyclic-small-gain theorem, the outputs of the controlled agents can be driven to within an arbitrarily small neighborhood of the desired agreement value under bounded external disturbances. Moreover, if the system is disturbance-free, then asymptotic convergence can be achieved. Interestingly, the closed-loop distributed system is also robust to bounded time-delays of exchanged information.",
keywords = "Distributed control, cyclic-small-gain method, nonlinear systems, output agreement",
author = "Tengfei Liu and Jiang, {Zhong Ping}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2014 TCCT, CAA.; Proceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014 ; Conference date: 28-07-2014 Through 30-07-2014",
year = "2014",
month = sep,
day = "11",
doi = "10.1109/ChiCC.2014.6896890",
language = "English (US)",
series = "Proceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
pages = "1734--1739",
editor = "Shengyuan Xu and Qianchuan Zhao",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 33rd Chinese Control Conference, CCC 2014",
}