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    • Control Theory
    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Robotics

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    • Multiagent systems (MASs) present complex synchronization challenges, especially with nonlinear and heterogeneous agent dynamics.
    • Achieving optimal synchronization in discrete-time MASs with an active leader is difficult due to unknown agent parameters.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop an observer-based adaptive synchronization control approach for discrete-time nonlinear heterogeneous MASs.
    • To design a distributed observer and a distributed model reference adaptive controller (MRAC) without prior knowledge of agent dynamics.
    • To enable followers to estimate the leader's state and achieve real-time synchronization.

    Main Methods:

    • An adaptive neural network distributed observer estimates the active leader's state, serving as a reference model.
    • A reinforcement learning-based distributed MRAC algorithm, using an actor-critic network, approximates optimal control protocols and cost functions.
    • Convergence analysis proves uniform ultimate boundedness of estimation and tracking errors.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed observer successfully estimates the leader's state for follower systems.
    • The distributed MRAC algorithm achieves real-time tracking of the reference model by followers.
    • All estimation and tracking errors are demonstrated to be uniformly ultimately bounded.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed observer-based adaptive synchronization control approach effectively synchronizes discrete-time nonlinear heterogeneous MASs.
    • The method's robustness is confirmed through simulation, demonstrating its practical applicability.
    • This research contributes a novel solution for optimal control and synchronization in complex MASs.