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Abstract
In this paper, diffusive representation (DR) is shown to be effective in addressing optimal consensus control problems in DPS-based multiagent systems (MASs) for both leader-following and leaderless cases, leading to significant advancements in meeting engineering requirements, facilitating cost savings and enhancing efficiency for optimal performance. First, the concept of DR approach is introduced to transform the original causal convolution pseudo-differential operator (PDO) into DPS, exhibiting infinite dimensional properties. Second, the proposed spatial product operation helps establish a theoretical system of the converted DPSs, including the linear representation for state space model, the Lyapunov functions and the reformulation of LQR optimal control problem with generalized performance indexes. Furthermore, the inverse optimality technique is conducted to develop distributed strategies for the cooperative control of the distributed parameter multiagent systems using DR approach, and derive the solution of globally optimal LQR problem. Finally, fractional-order multiagent systems (FOMASs) to both leaderless and leader-follower UAV formation control scenarios are presented to validate the effectiveness of the proposed results.
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