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    Area of Science:

    • Control Theory
    • Networked Systems
    • Robotics

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    • Multiagent systems (MAS) require coordinated behavior for complex tasks.
    • Communication channel fading poses a significant challenge to achieving consensus in MAS.
    • Existing control schemes often struggle with time constraints and external disturbances.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a predefined-time leader-following consensus control scheme for second-order MAS under channel fading.
    • To design distributed observers for leader state estimation in the presence of channel fading.
    • To create an adaptive dynamic surface control strategy to mitigate estimation errors and achieve consensus.

    Main Methods:

    • Design of novel distributed observers for leader state estimation under undirected and directed graphs with faded channels.
    • Development of an adaptive dynamic surface control approach to handle mismatched disturbances.
    • Mathematical proofs to guarantee predefined-time consensus tracking.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed distributed observers effectively estimate leader states despite channel fading.
    • The adaptive control strategy successfully eliminates disturbances and achieves practical predefined-time leader-following consensus.
    • The control scheme ensures predefined-time consensus tracking for the multiagent system.

    Conclusions:

    • The novel control scheme effectively addresses channel fading in MAS consensus.
    • The approach guarantees predefined-time convergence, enhancing system performance and reliability.
    • Simulation results validate the efficacy of the proposed distributed observers and control strategy.