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    • Nonlinear Systems
    • Multiagent Systems

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    • Multiagent systems (MASs) present significant control challenges due to their complexity.
    • Distributed output feedback control is crucial for coordinating MASs without full state information.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a distributed output feedback leader-following control strategy for high-order nonlinear MASs.
    • To address the "explosion of complexity" issue inherent in traditional recursive methods.
    • To relax the stringent conditions on nonlinear functions within MASs.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized a dynamic gain method for controller design.
    • Designed a linear-like distributed output feedback controller, avoiding recursive approaches.
    • Constructed a distributed reduced-order dynamic gain observer for state estimation using neighbor information.
    • Ensured follower outputs asymptotically track the leader's output.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully designed a controller that overcomes the "explosion of complexity" problem.
    • Achieved arbitrarily small tracking errors between follower and leader outputs.
    • Demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed control method through simulation examples.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed dynamic gain method offers an effective solution for leader-following control in high-order nonlinear MASs.
    • The approach simplifies controller design and relaxes system constraints.
    • Validated the method's practical applicability via simulations.