Li Yalu, Li Haitao, Ding Xueying, Zhao Guodong
IEEE Trans Cybern. 2019 Aug;49(8):3203-3208. doi: 10.1109/TCYB.2018.2839892. Epub 2018 Jun 15.
This paper studies the leader-follower consensus of multiagent systems with time delays and switching topology over finite fields. First, an equivalent algebraic form is established for leader-follower multiagent systems with time delays over finite fields. Second, based on the algebraic form, a necessary and sufficient condition is presented for the finite-field leader-follower consensus with time delays. Third, the switching topology case is considered, and a new criterion is presented for the finite-field leader-follower consensus with time delays and switching topology. Finally, an example is worked out to illustrate the obtained results.
