## Abstract and Applied Analysis

### Output Feedback Control for Couple-Group Consensus of Multiagent Systems

#### Abstract

This paper deals with the couple-group consensus problem for multiagent systems via output feedback control. Both continuous- and discrete-time cases are considered. The consensus problems are converted into the stability problem of the error systems by the system transformation. We obtain two necessary and sufficient conditions of couple-group consensus in different forms for each case. Two different algorithms are used to design the control gains for continuous- and discrete-time case, respectively. Finally, simulation examples are given to show the effectiveness of the proposed results.

#### Article information

Source
Abstr. Appl. Anal., Volume 2014, Special Issue (2013), Article ID 239872, 7 pages.

Dates
First available in Project Euclid: 6 October 2014

https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1412605750

Digital Object Identifier
doi:10.1155/2014/239872

Mathematical Reviews number (MathSciNet)
MR3200772

Zentralblatt MATH identifier
07021978

#### Citation

Zhao, Huanyu; Zhou, Hongbiao; Tang, Zhongyi. Output Feedback Control for Couple-Group Consensus of Multiagent Systems. Abstr. Appl. Anal. 2014, Special Issue (2013), Article ID 239872, 7 pages. doi:10.1155/2014/239872. https://projecteuclid.org/euclid.aaa/1412605750

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