dos attacks

output regulation

fault tolerant

actuator faults

nonlinear multi-agent

consensus problem

nonlinear systems

IEEE Transactions on Control of Network Systems

In this article, we investigate the distributed resilient observer-based fault-tolerant control problem for heterogeneous linear multiagent systems in the presence of actuator faults and denial-of-service (DoS) attacks. In order to estimate the system matrix and the state of the exosystem, novel resilient adaptive distributed observers are proposed. By using the dwell time technique and the Lyapunov stability theory, the observer error system is shown to be exponentially stable even under the influence of DoS attacks. Then, an algorithm is proposed to determine observer parameters with the aim of maximizing the ability to resist attacks. Besides, a novel fault-tolerant controller without causing chattering behaviors is designed to compensate for actuator faults. Moreover, it is proved that the developed controller solves the cooperative fault-tolerant output regulation problem by using a newly derived lemma. Finally, an illustrative example is provided to verify the effectiveness of the proposed method.

Distributed Resilient Observer-Based Fault-Tolerant Control for Heterogeneous Multiagent Systems Under Actuator Faults and DoS Attacks