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Abstract
This article studies the fixed-time time-varying formation (TVF) tracking control problem for heterogeneous multiagent systems with a nonautonomous leader under a directed communication network. The primary objective is to design a TVF tracking protocol enabling the followers to form the desired TVF while simultaneously tracking the output of the nonautonomous leader in a fixed time. First, a distributed fixed-time observer is proposed to estimate the state of the nonautonomous leader under a directed communication network. Then, utilizing coordinate transformation and sliding mode techniques, a fixed-time observer-based TVF tracking protocol is developed without requiring the full row rank assumption on the input matrix of the follower. It is proved via the Lyapunov stability theory that the fixed-time TVF tracking problem with a nonautonomous leader can be solved under the proposed protocol. Finally, the effectiveness of the proposed fixed-time TVF tracking control protocol is demonstrated by numerical examples.
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The IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems is committed to the timely publication of high-impact papers at the intersection of control systems and network science. In particular, the journal addresses research on the analysis, design and implementation of networked control systems, as well as control over networks. Relevant work includes the full spectrum from basic research on control systems to the design of engineering solutions for automatic control of, and over, networks. The topics covered by this journal include: Coordinated control and estimation over networks, Control and computation over sensor networks, Control under communication constraints, Control and performance analysis issues that arise in the dynamics of networks used in application areas such as communications, computers, transportation, manufacturing, Web ranking and aggregation, social networks, biology, power systems, economics, Synchronization of activities across a controlled network, Stability analysis of controlled networks, Analysis of networks as hybrid dynamical systems.