Robust Cooperative Output Regulation of Discrete-Time Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems

Abstract

This article considers robust cooperative output regulation of discrete-time uncertain heterogeneous (in dimension) multi-agent systems (MASs). We show that the solvability of this problem with an internal model-based distributed control law reduces to the existence of a structured control gain that makes the nominal closed-loop system matrix of the MAS Schur. Accordingly, this article focuses on global and agent-wise local sufficient conditions for the existence and design of such a structured control gain. Based on a structured Lyapunov inequality, we present a convexification that yields a linear matrix inequality (LMI), whose feasibility is a global sufficient condition for the existence and design. Considering the individual nominal dynamics of each agent, the existence is also ensured if each agent solves a structure-free control problem. Its convexification yields LMIs that allow each agent to separately design its structure-free control gain. Lastly, we study the relationships between the sets of control gains emerging from both global and local perspectives.