Necessary and Sufficient Conditions for Consensus of Delayed Fractional‐order Systems
Jun Shen, Jinde Cao · Asian Journal of Control · 2012
Abstract In this paper, we study the consensus problem of fractional‐order systems with input delays. Using Laplace transform method, the stability of the fractional‐order systems is first discussed in the frequency domain. Based on the generalized Nyquist stability criterion, a necessary and sufficient condition is further derived to ensure the consensus of fractional‐order systems with identical input delays over directed interaction topology. Furthermore, when the interaction topology is undirected, the consensus condition of fractional‐order systems with heterogeneous input delays is explicitly given. Finally, some illustrative examples are presented to show the effectiveness and advantages of the theoretical results.