Sample-Data Output Consensus for Heterogeneous Linear Multi-Agent Systems with Time-Varying Communication Delays

This work investigates the sample-data output consensus problem for heterogeneous linear multi-agent systems with time-varying communication delays under fixed topology and switching topology. Two efficient distributed linear controller design methods are established for multi-agent systems under fixed topology and switching topology, respectively. Furthermore, the proposed controllers can overcome the negative effect of arbitrarily large time-varying communication delays. Finally, some numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness and superiority of the method proposed in this paper.