Second-order group consensus for linear multi-agent systems with average dwell time switching

This paper studies the group consensus problem of second-order multi-agent systems (MASs) with switching communication topology. Unlike most existing papers concerning the consensus issue of MASs under arbitrary switching topology or Markovian switching topology, our paper tries to design a switching signal such that MAS can achieve group consensus under a designed switching signal set. First, using a state transformation method, the group consensus problem of MASs can be equivalently transformed into the asymptotical stability of a corresponding switched system. Then, two sufficient criteria are established by using Lyapunov function method and average dwell time (ADT) approach, where the minimum ADT τ a is given clearly. Finally, simulation examples are given to show the effectiveness of our theoretical analysis.

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