Prescribed Performance Output Containment of Heterogeneous Multi-Agent Systems With Non-Periodic Intermittent Communication

This paper investigates the output containment tracking problem in general heterogeneous multi-agent systems facing prescribed performance and intermittent communication. In this case, a novel non-periodic intermittent control framework is introduced to facilitate the intricate nature of the complex network to achieve the containment objective. First, an intermittent communication network is built by introducing a novel intermittent interval condition combining average dwell-time and extreme value theories into the directed graph. Second, a distributed non-periodic intermittent containment control strategy is designed, utilizing an internal system and a modified containment control approach. Subsequently, a distributed prescribed performance hybrid controller is developed to achieve output containment tracking. Additionally, sufficient conditions for the exponential stability are obtained based on the non-periodic intermittent and prescribed performance control methods. This criterion adopts the characterization of the average time interval. The effectiveness of the designed hybrid control strategy is verified by the simulation example, showcasing its advantage to solve the challenges in intermittent communication and prescribed performance.