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    • Control Theory
    • Nonlinear Systems
    • Multiagent Systems

    Background:

    • Multiagent systems (MASs) with unknown nonlinear dynamics present significant control challenges.
    • Event-triggered control strategies offer potential for reduced communication and computation overhead compared to traditional time-triggered approaches.
    • Achieving consensus and tracking in second-order nonlinear MASs requires robust adaptive control methods.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop and validate adaptive event-triggered consensus and tracking controllers for unknown second-order nonlinear multiagent systems.
    • To demonstrate the absence of Zeno behavior in the proposed consensus control strategy.
    • To ensure the controllers are fully distributed, relying solely on local information.

    Main Methods:

    • Design of an adaptive event-triggered consensus controller for second-order nonlinear MASs with unknown dynamics.
    • Development of an adaptive event-triggered tracking controller for leader-follower MAS configurations.
    • Mathematical proof to confirm the non-existence of Zeno behavior for the consensus controller.
    • Simulation-based verification using an unknown second-order nonlinear MAS.

    Main Results:

    • A novel adaptive event-triggered consensus controller was successfully designed and proven to be Zeno-free.
    • An adaptive event-triggered tracking controller was developed for leader-follower MAS.
    • Both controllers were demonstrated to be fully distributed, using only local information.
    • Experimental validation confirmed the effectiveness of the proposed controllers on an unknown second-order nonlinear MAS.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed adaptive event-triggered control approach effectively addresses consensus and tracking problems in unknown second-order nonlinear MASs.
    • The developed controllers offer a practical solution by minimizing communication and computational load through event-triggered mechanisms.
    • The absence of Zeno behavior ensures the stability and feasibility of the control strategies.