In this paper,the authors tackle a fixed-time average-tracking problem for multi-agent systems which do not require velocity measurements and are affected by external mismatched and matched disturbances.The objective ...In this paper,the authors tackle a fixed-time average-tracking problem for multi-agent systems which do not require velocity measurements and are affected by external mismatched and matched disturbances.The objective requires the considered agents with second-order dynamics to follow the average value of several time-varying reference signals,each of which is acquired by only one agent.First of all,the average value is estimated by using a novel distributed average estimator in a fixed time.Second,an original observer is created to provide estimated values in a fixed time for external mismatched and matched disturbances as well as unmeasured velocities of agents.Then,the authors propose a novel fixed-time anti-disturbance average-tracking protocol with the aid of the observer and a sliding mode surface.In the end,the feasibility of theoretical analysis is illustrated by some simulation experiments.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos.61973139,61973082 and 61473138the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities under Grant No.JUSRP22014。
文摘In this paper,the authors tackle a fixed-time average-tracking problem for multi-agent systems which do not require velocity measurements and are affected by external mismatched and matched disturbances.The objective requires the considered agents with second-order dynamics to follow the average value of several time-varying reference signals,each of which is acquired by only one agent.First of all,the average value is estimated by using a novel distributed average estimator in a fixed time.Second,an original observer is created to provide estimated values in a fixed time for external mismatched and matched disturbances as well as unmeasured velocities of agents.Then,the authors propose a novel fixed-time anti-disturbance average-tracking protocol with the aid of the observer and a sliding mode surface.In the end,the feasibility of theoretical analysis is illustrated by some simulation experiments.
