Semi-Global Leader-Following Output Consensus of Discrete-Time Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Input Saturation
Liangren Shi, Yuanlong Li, Zongli Lin · 2018
We consider the problem of semi-global leader-following output consensus for a group of agents, consisting of a leader agent and some follower agents, which are described by discrete-time linear systems and connected on a directed network. For each follower agent, a distributed observer is built that estimates the state of the leader. Based on the estimates of the leader state and the solution of a parameterized algebraic Riccati equation, we design low gain consensus protocols that are shown to solve the semi-global output consensus problem as long as the leader agent is reachable globally on the network. Numerical simulation shows the performance of the proposed consensus protocols.