Dynamic Event-Triggered Sliding Mode Resilient Control for Multi-Agent Systems

The consensus problem for a multi-agent system (MAS) is investigated in this paper via a sliding mode control mechanism subject to stochastic DoS attack, which may occur on each transmission channel independently and randomly according to the Bernoulli distribution. A distributed dynamic event-triggered strategy is implemented on the communication path among agents, where dynamic parameters are introduced to adjust the threshold of event-triggered condition. After that, a distributed sliding mode controller is proposed for ensuring the stochastic consensus of the MAS. Meantime, a minimization problem is solved to obtain the correct controller gain matrix. At last, a numerical example is shown to demonstrate the presented results.     

Distributed event-triggered adaptive finite-time consensus control for second-order multi-agent systems with connectivity preservation

In this paper, we consider the robust finite-time consensus problem for second-order multi-agent systems (MASs) with limited sensing range and weak communication ability. As a stepping stone, a novel distributed finite-time sliding mode manifold is developed for MASs. Then, by combining artificial potential function technique with the presented sliding mode manifold, a robust distributed control scheme is proposed to enable the finite-time consensus of MASs while preserving the prescribed communication connectivity. Furthermore, the sampling frequency and implementation burden of the proposed controller can be reduced with resort to the event-triggered methodology. Finally, numerical examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Cooperative control problem of Takagi-Sugeno fuzzy multiagent systems via observer based distributed adaptive sliding mode control

In this paper, the consensus control problem of Takagi-Sugeno (T-S) fuzzy multiagent systems (MASs) is investigated by using an observer based distributed adaptive sliding mode control. A distributed nonfragile observer is put forward to estimate the unmeasured state of agents. Based on such an observer, a novel distributed integral sliding surface is designed to suppress the disturbance and uncertainty of T-S fuzzy MASs. In order to achieve the consensus objective, a nominal distributed protocol and an adaptive sliding mode controller are separately designed. Futhermore, the nominal distributed protocol solves the consensus control problem of T-S fuzzy MASs in the absence of disturbance and uncertainty by using the information of adjacent agents obtained by the observer, while the adaptive sliding mode controller suppresses the disturbance and uncertainty. Finally, the proposed method is applied to two examples. Example 1 verifies the superiority of the method by comparing with the fuzzy-based dynamic sliding mode controller. Example 2 is used to illustrate that our control scheme can effectively solve the consensus control problem of T-S fuzzy MASs.     

Robust time-varying output formation tracking for heterogeneous multi-agent systems with adaptive event-triggered mechanism

This paper investigates the time-varying output formation tracking problem of heterogeneous multi-agent systems subjected to model uncertainties and external disturbances via adaptive event-triggered mechanism. Firstly, an adaptive distributed event-triggered observer is constructed to acquire the leader’s state and a time-varying formation output tracking controller utilizing sliding mode method is proposed to deal with the model uncertainties and external disturbances can be addressed. Secondly, an algorithm is given to claim the design procedures of the event-triggered based controller and asymptotic convergence of the controller is proved based on Lyapunov theory. Thirdly, Zeno-behavior is proved to be excluded strictly. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.     

Leaderless consensus of multi-agent systems via an event-triggered strategy under stochastic sampling

This paper investigates mean square leaderless consensus of networked nonlinear multi-agent systems. An efficient distributed event-triggered mechanism based on stochastic sampling is introduced to reduce the communication cost and controller updates. The stochastic sampling interval randomly switches between two given values. Mean square consensus criteria for multi-agent systems with strongly connected networks or networks containing directed spanning trees are derived, respectively. Moreover, the case with a special event-triggered weighting matrix and the case without even-triggered strategies are also discussed. Finally, an example is given to verify the theoretical results.     

Event-triggered sliding mode control of uncertain switched systems under denial-of-service attacks

This study is concerned with the event-triggered sliding mode control problem for a class of cyber-physical switched systems, in which the Denial-of-Service (DoS) attacks may randomly occur according to the Bernoulli distribution. A key issue is how to design the output feedback sliding mode control (SMC) law for guaranteeing the dynamical performance of the closed-loop system under DoS attacks. To this end, an event-triggered mechanism is firstly introduced to reduce the communication load, under which the measurement signal is transmitted only when a certain triggering condition is satisfied. An usable output signal for the controller is constructed to compensate the effect of unmeasured states and DoS attacks. And then, a dynamic output feedback sliding mode controller is designed by means of the attack probability and the compensated output signals. Both the reachability and the mean-square exponential stability of sliding mode dynamics are investigated and the corresponding sufficient conditions are obtained. Finally, some numerical simulation results are provided.     

Distributed dynamic event-triggered consensus control for multi-agent systems under fixed and switching topologies

This paper is devoted to the dynamic event-triggered consensus problem of general linear multi-agent systems under fixed and switching directed topologies. Two distributed dynamic event-triggered strategies, where internal dynamic variables are involved, are introduced for each agent to achieve consensus asymptotically. Compared with the existing static triggering strategies, the purposed dynamic triggering strategies result in larger inter-execution times and less communication energy among agents. In addition, neither controller updates nor triggering threshold detections require continuous communication in the purposed control strategies. It is also proven that the Zeno behavior is strictly ruled out under fixed and switching directed topologies. Finally, the effectiveness of the theoretical analysis is demonstrated by numerical simulations.     

Integrated event-triggered fault estimation and fault-tolerant control for discrete-time fuzzy systems with input quantization and incomplete measurements

This paper addresses the problem of robust integrated fault estimation (FE) and fault-tolerant control (FTC) for a class of discrete-time networked Takagi–Sugeno (T–S) fuzzy systems with two-channel event-triggered schemes, input quantization and incomplete measurements. The incomplete information under consideration includes randomly occurring sensor saturation and randomly occurring quantization. In order to save the limited networked resources, this paper firstly proposed a novel dynamic event-triggered scheme on the sensor side and a static one on the controller side. Secondly, an event-triggered FE observer for the T–S fuzzy model is designed to estimate actuator faults and system states, simultaneously. Then, a specified discrete sliding surface in the state-estimation space is constructed. By using time-delay analysis technique and considering the effects of event-triggered scheme, quantization, networked conditions, actuator fault and external disturbance, the sliding mode dynamics and error dynamics are unified into a new networked time-delay model. Based on this model, sufficient conditions are established such that the resulting augmented fuzzy system is stochastically stable with a prescribed H_∞ performance level with a single-step linear matrix inequality (LMI) formulation. Furthermore, an observer-based sliding mode controller for reaching motion is synthesized to guarantee the reachability of the sliding surface. Finally, a single-link flexible manipulator example is present to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Event-triggered asynchronous sliding mode control of CSTR based on Markov model

In this paper, an asynchronous sliding mode control design method based on the event-triggered strategy is proposed for the continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR) under external disturbance. Firstly, with the purpose of appropriately modeling the multi-mode switching phenomenon in the CSTR caused by the fluctuation of temperature and concentration, the Markov process is applied. Secondly, the asynchronous switching characteristics are introduced to describe mismatch between the controller and the system, which caused by some factors such as signal transmission delay and packet dropout. In order to effectively estimate the system states that cannot be measured in real time, an observer based on the event-triggered strategy is proposed, which also can reduce the computational cost. In addition, a sliding mode controller is designed to ensure the dynamic stability and the sliding dynamics is reachable in a finite time. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed method is verified by simulation experiments.     

Event-triggered consensus of nonlinear multi-agent systems with stochastic switching topology

This paper is concerned with a leader-follower consensus problem for networked Lipschitz nonlinear multi-agent systems. An event-triggered consensus controller is developed with the consideration of discontinuous state feedback. To further enhance the robustness of the proposed controller, modeling uncertainty and switching topology are also considered in the stability analysis. Meanwhile, a time-delay equivalent approach is adopted to deal with the discrete-time control problem. Particularly, a sufficient condition for the stochastic stabilization of the networked multi-agent systems is proposed based on the Lyapunov functional method. Furthermore, an optimization algorithm is developed to derive the parameters of the controller. Finally, numerical simulation is conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control algorithm.     

Distributed event-triggered control for networked control systems with stochastic cyber-attacks

This paper is concerned with the problem of distributed event-triggered controller design for networked control systems (NCSs) with stochastic cyber-attacks. A decentralized event-triggered scheme is introduced to save the energy consumption and alleviate the transmission load of the network. Each sensor can make its own decision to determine whether the sampled data is delivered to the network or not. By taking two kinds of random cyber-attacks into consideration, a novel mathematical model is constructed for distributed event-triggered NCSs. Sufficient conditions which can guarantee the stability of the control system are obtained by applying Lyapunov stability theory, and the design method of the controller gain is presented in an exact expression. Finally, an example is given to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.     

Event-Triggered formation control for time-delayed discrete-Time multi-Agent system applied to multi-UAV formation flying

This paper studies the formation control for a time-delayed discrete-time multi-agent system (MAS). An event-triggered controller is proposed to reduce the communication load of the system. Based on the designed event-triggered condition and properties of Schur stable matrix, the stability of formation for discrete-time MAS is proved. Utilizing the virtual simulation platform integrated Robot Operating System (ROS) and Gazebo, a virtual scene with unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) models is built and the verification for the theoretical algorithm is completed. Finally, an experimental platform with four practical UAVs is constructed and the result shows that the expected formation is achieved and controller proposed can solve the formation control problem for time-delayed discrete-time MASs. Besides, the effectiveness of the event-triggered mechanism on reducing communication frequency is comfirmed in practical scenarios.     

Event-triggered sliding mode tracking control of autonomous surface vehicles

This paper is concerned with an event-triggered sliding mode control (SMC) scheme for trajectory tracking in autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs). First, an event-triggered variable that consists of tracking error, desired trajectory and exogenous input of the reference system is introduced to decrease the magnitude of the robust SMC term. Then, the reaching conditions of the designed event-triggered sliding mode are established. Moreover, the event-triggered induced errors that exist in the rotation matrix of the ASV are analyzed. In the presence of parameter uncertainties and external disturbances, the proposed event-triggered SMC scheme can ensure the control accuracy and low-frequency actuator updates. Then both actuator wear and energy consumption of the actuators can be reduced comparing with the traditional time-triggered controller. The proposed controller not only guarantees uniform ultimate boundedness of the tracking error but also ensures non-accumulation of inter-execution times. The results are illustrated through simulation examples.     

Event-triggered control for uncertain stochastic systems under triple network attacks

This paper studies the control problem of uncertain stochastic systems, which takes into account the impact of network attacks. The types of network attacks considered are denial-of-service (DoS) attacks, deception attacks and replay attacks. In order to save network resources and improve communication utilization, the static event-triggered mechanism and adaptive event-triggered mechanism are cited respectively. Firstly, a new Lyapunov-Krasovskii functional is constructed, employing improved Wirtinger-based integral inequality and Jensens inequality, the criteria on stochastic stability in the mean square for uncertain stochastic systems are proposed. Secondly, the design methods of static event-triggered controller and adaptive event-triggered controller are given respectively. Finally, a practical example is given to manifest the effectiveness of the theoretical results.     

Event-triggered leader-following consensus of multi-agent systems under semi-Markov switching topology with partially unknown rates

An event-triggered leader-following consensus problem for multi-agent systems with nonlinear dynamics was investigated in this study. The interaction topologies among the agents that we considered are randomly switched ones, governed by a semi-Markov process with partially unknown rates. By building the state error model between the leader and followers, the consensus problem is first converted into a stability problem. Moreover, an event-triggered transmission scheme based on sampling data was proposed to reduce communication redundancy. The consensus controller and event-triggered parameters can be designed effectively. By constructing a Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional (LKF) with a triple integral, the sufficient conditions required to guarantee the event-triggered consensus can be reached with respect to the linear matrix inequalities (LMIs). Ultimately, the validity of the theoretical results is demonstrated by a numerical example.     

Resilient event-triggered consensus control for nonlinear muti-agent systems with DoS attacks

The distributed event-triggered secure consensus control is discussed for multi-agent systems (MASs) subject to DoS attacks and controller gain variation. In order to reduce unnecessary network traffic in communication channel, a resilient distributed event-triggered scheme is adopted at each agent to decide whether the sampled signal should be transmitted or not. The event-triggered scheme in this paper can be applicable to MASs under denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. We assume the information of DoS attacks, such as the attack period and the consecutive attack duration, can be detected. Under the introduced communication scheme and the occurrence of DoS attacks, a new sufficient condition is achieved which can guarantee the security consensus performance of the established system model. Moreover, the explicit expressions of the triggering matrices and the controller gain are presented. Finally, simulation results are provided to verify the effectiveness of the obtained theoretical results.     

Asynchronous output feedback control for fuzzy Markovian jump systems via sliding mode

This paper investigates the design problem of asynchronous output feedback controller via sliding mode for a class of discrete-time fuzzy Markovian jump systems. Considering the non-synchronization phenomenon between the Markovian jump systems and the sliding controller, an asynchronous control method with a stochastic variable is adopted to describe the connections of the systems and controller. On the other hand, not full of states are accessible for the controller since it is impossible or very expensive to estimate all of states, while the output information can be acquired to the controller all the time. Based on the above aspects, the asynchronous output feedback controller via sliding mode for fuzzy Markovian jump systems is investigated to ensure the sliding mode dynamics to be stochastically stable, besides, several sufficient conditions are given to find a set of feasible solutions of the controller parameters. The asynchronous sliding mode control law is synthesized to guarantee the reachability of the trajectories of the closed-loop systems. Finally, a simulation example is to verify the effectiveness of the control strategy.     

Distributed bipartite consensus for multi-agent systems with dynamic event-triggered mechanism

This paper address the distributed bipartite consensus problem of multi-agent systems (MASs) under undirected and directed topologies with dynamic event-triggered (DET) mechanism. The relationship among agents not only collaborative interaction but also competitive interaction are taken into account. A novel DET control protocol is raised with internal dynamic variables to guarantee that each agent can reach the bipartite consensus. Compared with the existing static triggering laws, the introduced DET strategy can significantly enlarge the interval time between two triggering instants. In addition, continuous information transmission in either controller updating or between agent and its neighbors is not demanded, which implies that the communication frequency can be extremely decreased. It is also proven that Zeno behavior does not occur. Finally, two numerical examples verify the validity of the presented theoretical results.     

Sliding mode control for uncertain discrete-time systems with Markovian jumping parameters and mixed delays

This paper is concerned with the robust sliding mode control (SMC) problem for a class of uncertain discrete-time Markovian jump systems with mixed delays. The mixed delays consist of both the discrete time-varying delays and the infinite distributed delays. The purpose of the addressed problem is to design a sliding mode controller such that, in the simultaneous presence of parameter uncertainties, Markovian jumping parameters and mixed time-delays, the state trajectories are driven onto the pre-defined sliding surface and the resulting sliding mode dynamics is stochastically stable in the mean-square sense. A discrete-time sliding surface is firstly constructed and an SMC law is synthesized to ensure the reaching condition. Moreover, by constructing a new Lyapunov–Krasovskii functional and employing the delay-fractioning approach, a sufficient condition is established to guarantee the stochastic stability of the sliding mode dynamics. Such a condition is characterized in terms of a set of matrix inequalities that can be easily solved by using the semi-definite programming method. A simulation example is given to illustrate the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed design scheme.