Impulsive consensus in directed networks of identical nonlinear oscillators with switching topologies

In this paper, we investigate the problem of impulsive consensus of multi-agent systems, where each agent can be modeled as an identical nonlinear oscillator. Firstly, an impulsive control protocol is designed for directed networks with switching topologies based on the local information of agents. Then sufficient conditions are given to guarantee the consensus of the networked nonlinear oscillators. How to select the discrete instants and impulsive constants is also discussed. Numerical simulations show the effectiveness of our theoretical results.

► The impulsive control protocol is designed for networked nonlinear oscillators. ► Directed networks with switching topologies are considered. ► Sufficient conditions are given to guarantee the impulsive consensus.