A Backstepping-Based Approach for Distributed Output Containment Control of High Order Multi-Agent Systems with Applications in Power Systems

Abstract

This paper deals with the problem of output containment control of multi-agent systems. A backstepping-based approach is used to design a novel distributed controller that allows fast output containment of high order multi-agent systems. The proposed method ensures exponential convergence of the output containment error to zero despite external disturbances. A numerical example is provided to highlight the efficiency of the proposed approach. Applications of the proposed control approach in power systems are also presented.