Output Consensus Problem for Linear Heterogeneous Multiagent Systems With Dynamic Event-Based Impulsive Control

This article has a research on the problem of output consensus for linear heterogeneous multiagent systems (LHMASs) by using dynamic event-based impulsive control. First, according to whether the transfer of information from different agents is continuous or not, two corresponding control approaches are provided, respectively. Second, for the case of continuous information transfer, the corresponding dynamic event-triggered condition is obtained. Third, for the case that the information communication from each agent only occurs at the event-triggered time instant, two different dynamic event-triggered conditions according to whether the event-triggered time instant for each agent is same or not are proposed, respectively. For all these event-triggered mechanisms, both the output consensus conditions and the proofs of avoiding Zeno-behavior are given. Moreover, the effect of the dynamic variables belong to these dynamic event-triggered conditions on the minimum event-triggered time interval is also discussed. Finally, the analysis for a numerical example with two control approaches and the corresponding event-triggered conditions provided in this article is obtained to support our opinions.