Output Consensus Control for Multiagent Systems: An Edge-Based Event-Triggered Framework

In this brief, we investigate the output consensus problem of leader-follower multi-agent systems (MASs) with general linear dynamics and matching uncertainties, utilizing an edge-based event-triggered framework. Under this framework, communication between one agent and another is intermittent and triggered by the corresponding event-condition of the link. First, the distributed observers with the edge-based event-triggered communication mechanism are designed for each follower agent. Then, the output consensus problem is solved by developing an observer based adaptive control protocol for each follower. Finally, a numerical simulation is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed control protocol.