Bipartite tracking consensus of nonlinear multi-agent systems

This paper is devoted to the bipartite tracking consensus of a class of nonlinear multiagent systems under directed signed graph. For dealing with the nonlinear terms in the bipartite tracking consensus problem of multi-agent systems, a new generalized Lipschitz-type condition is introduced. Then, both state feedback and output feedback control protocols are proposed. By using algebraic Riccati equation design and linear matrix inequality technique, some sufficient conditions are presented to guarantee that the nonlinear multi-agent systems can achieve bipartite tracking consensus. Finally, some simulation examples are provided to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed control strategy. (C) 2019 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.