Practical consensus of homogeneous sampled-data multi-agent systems

The aim of this paper is to study the second-order practical consensus of homogeneous sampled-data multiagent systems (MASs). To do this, a new nonlinear emulation strategy based on homogeneity is developed. It is then applied to MASs under synchronously variable sampling. Finally, a comparison with the classical linear strategy is provided in the case of MASs under synchronously periodic sampling.