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Area of Science:

Control Theory
Networked Systems
Distributed Systems

Background:

Multiagent systems (MASs) face challenges in achieving consensus, especially under dynamic communication topologies.
Existing control methods often require global network information, limiting scalability and practicality.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop novel observer-based event-triggered adaptive control schemes for leaderless and leader-follower consensus in MASs.
To design distributed control protocols that do not rely on global network information.

Main Methods:

Utilizing output information from individual agents for control design.
Implementing two novel event-triggered adaptive control schemes.
Employing observer-based control to estimate system states.

Main Results:

Achieved consensus in MASs, demonstrated by the convergence of consensus error to zero.
Successfully eliminated Zeno behavior, ensuring practical implementation of the control strategies.
Validated the effectiveness of the proposed methods through two simulation examples.

Conclusions:

The developed event-triggered adaptive control schemes are fully distributed and independent of network scale.
These methods offer a significant advantage over existing output feedback control by not requiring global information.
The proposed approach enhances the robustness and efficiency of consensus achievement in MASs with switching topologies.