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    • Control Theory
    • Networked Systems
    • Cybersecurity

    Background:

    • Consensus control in heterogeneous multiagent systems (MASs) faces challenges with discontinuous triggering signals, hindering recursive backstepping.
    • Existing methods struggle with nondifferentiable virtual control inputs, limiting applicability.
    • Secure communication and reduced data transmission are critical for advanced MASs.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To develop a secure, output rate-coded control strategy for achieving consensus in heterogeneous MASs.
    • To address the technical obstacles posed by discontinuous triggering signals in backstepping control.
    • To enhance communication security and reduce data transmission load within MASs.

    Main Methods:

    • An auxiliary high-order filter is designed to ensure the necessary derivatives of virtual control inputs.
    • The filter utilizes local triggering consensus error, accommodating MASs with varying system orders and relative degrees.
    • A novel distributed rate-coded algorithm encrypts agent outputs into codewords for secure, state-agnostic transmission.

    Main Results:

    • The proposed method successfully implements recursive backstepping despite discontinuous triggering signals.
    • Heterogeneous MASs with different system orders and relative degrees can achieve consensus.
    • The rate-coded algorithm enhances communication security and reduces the communication burden.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed output rate-coded secure control ensures ultimate boundedness of closed-loop system signals.
    • Mean square consensus tracking error is minimized through careful selection of control parameters.
    • Simulations validate the effectiveness of the proposed control strategy for secure consensus in MASs.