Consensus-based distributed cooperative learning control for a group of discrete-time nonlinear multi-agent systems using neural networks

This paper focuses on the cooperative learning capability of radial basis function neural networks in adaptive neural controllers for a group of uncertain discrete-time nonlinear systems where system structures are identical but reference signals are different. By constructing an interconnection top...

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Published in:Automatica (Oxford) 2014-09, Vol.50 (9), p.2254-2268
Main Authors: Chen, Weisheng, Hua, Shaoyong, Sam Ge, Shuzhi
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adaptative systems
Adaptive neural control
Applied sciences
Artificial intelligence
Computer science
control theory
systems
Computer systems and distributed systems. User interface
Connectionism. Neural networks
Consensus
Control system analysis
Control theory. Systems
Discrete-time system
Distributed cooperative learning
Exact sciences and technology
Neural network
Software
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Summary:This paper focuses on the cooperative learning capability of radial basis function neural networks in adaptive neural controllers for a group of uncertain discrete-time nonlinear systems where system structures are identical but reference signals are different. By constructing an interconnection topology among learning laws of NN weights in order to share their learned knowledge on-line, a novel adaptive NN control scheme, called distributed cooperative learning control scheme, is proposed. It is guaranteed that if the interconnection topology is undirected and connected, all closed-loop signals are uniform ultimate bounded and tracking errors of all systems can converge to a small neighborhood around the origin. Moreover, it is proved that all estimated NN weights converge to a small neighborhood of their common optimal value along the union of all state trajectories, which means that the estimated NN weights reach consensus with a small consensus error. Thus, all learned NN models have the better generalization capability than ones obtained by the deterministic learning method. The learned knowledge is also adopted to control a class of uncertain systems with the same structure but different reference signals. Finally, a simulation example is provided to verify the effectiveness and advantages of the distributed cooperative learning control scheme developed in this paper.
ISSN:0005-1098
1873-2836
DOI:10.1016/j.automatica.2014.07.020