On consensus performance of nonlinear multi-agent systems with hybrid control

This paper focuses on the consensus performance of multi-agent systems with second-order nonlinear dynamics. In light of consensus performance, we resort to a hybrid impulsive and switching control scheme, an improved control updating rule is thus developed to ensure that agents realize consensus and meet some global performance guarantee simultaneously. With certain assumptions on the underlying topology and the nonlinearity of dynamics, it is shown that consensus can be achieved and consensus performance can be guaranteed under the proposed hybrid control scheme if the control time intermittence is properly restricted. Simulation work is presented to illuminate the obtained theoretical results.