Coordinated control of quasilinear multiagent systems via output feedback predictive control

Abstract

This study considers the coordinated control for quasilinear multiagent systems (QMASs). An output feedback predictive control (OFPC) strategy is given to implement both coordination and simultaneous stability and output consensus (SSOC). In the OFPC strategy, a cost function aiming at coordination relationship is minimized by predictive control thus coordination among QMASs is implemented. Further discussion derives a criterion to maintain the closed-loop QMASs realize the SSOC. Finally, two examples are proposed to richly illustrate the availability of the OPFC strategy.