Consensus of Hybrid Multi-agent Systems
This work provides theoretical foundations for consensus in heterogeneous multi-agent systems, which is relevant for control theory but represents an incremental extension of existing consensus frameworks.
The paper addresses the consensus problem for hybrid multi-agent systems with both continuous-time and discrete-time agents, presenting three protocols and establishing necessary and sufficient conditions for consensus under different sampling periods. Simulation results validate the theoretical findings.
In this paper, we consider the consensus problem of hybrid multi-agent system. First, the hybrid multi-agent system is proposed which is composed of continuous-time and discrete-time dynamic agents. Then, three kinds of consensus protocols are presented for hybrid multi-agent system. The analysis tool developed in this paper is based on the matrix theory and graph theory. With different restrictions of the sampling period, some necessary and sufficient conditions are established for solving the consensus of hybrid multi-agent system. The consensus states are also obtained under different protocols. Finally, simulation examples are provided to demonstrate the effectiveness of our theoretical results.