Guaranteed-cost output consensus for distributed descriptor swarm systems with communication delays

Guaranteed-cost output consensus problems for high-order linear descriptor swarm systems with communication delays are investigated. Firstly, the guaranteed-cost output consensus problem for time-delayed descriptor swarm systems is proposed, where it is required to realize the tradeoff design between control energy consumptions and output consensus regulation performances. Then, guaranteed-cost output consensus criteria are derived in terms of linear matrix inequalities and an explicit expression of the output consensus function is given. Finally, numerical simulations are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of analytical results.