Bipartite consensus for high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems via event-triggered/self-triggered control?

This paper investigates the bipartite consensus problem for a class of high-order nonlinear multi-agent systems via dynamic event-triggered and self-triggered control. Directed communication networks with cooperative and competitive interactions are also taken into consideration. First, a distributed consensus controller with a dynamic event-triggered mechanism is designed by the relative output information of neighboring agents. Notably, the internal dynamic variable introduced herein can effectively prolong the inter-event time intervals. Then, a self-triggered mechanism is constructed to predict the next event instant by the latest sampled information, so that the continuous monitoring of system states is no longer required. It is proved that the proposed control schemes enable all agents to achieve consensus with opposite signs, and the inter-event time intervals of both mechanisms are strictly positive. A simulation example illustrates the effectiveness of the proposed control schemes.(c) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.