摘要
In this paper, we first extend an existing stability result for a class of linear switched systems. This extended result will relax the existenceconditions of the output-based distributed observer for a leader system subject to jointly connected switching communication networks in the literature. As an application of this output-based distributed observer, we solve the cooperative output regulati on problem of a linear multi-age nt system subject to jointly connected switching communicatio n n etworks by composing a purely decentralized control law and the output-based distributed observer based on the certainty equivalence principle.