This paper considers the consensus tracking problem of second-order multi-agent systems. The key feature in this work is that the state transmission among followers may be subject to channel fading. In order to cope with the adverse factor, this work introduces the statistical information of channel fading into the measure function on the consensus tracking errors. Meanwhile, a feasible distributed sliding mode controller is designed by means of the received fading states. And then, both the reachability and the stability of sliding mode dynamics are analysed, under which the consensus tracking for followers to the leader is attained. Finally, a numerical simulation example is provided for verifying the proposed sliding mode control scheme.

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受信道衰落影响的多智能体系统的共识跟踪：一种滑模控制方法

本文考虑二阶多智能体系统的共识跟踪问题。这项工作的关键特征是跟随者之间的状态传输可能会受到信道衰落的影响。为了应对不利因素，这项工作将信道衰落的统计信息引入到一致性跟踪误差的度量函数中。同时，根据接收到的衰落状态设计了一种可行的分布式滑模控制器。然后，分析了滑模动力学的可达性和稳定性，在此基础上实现了追随者对领导者的共识跟踪。最后，提供了一个数值模拟实例来验证所提出的滑模控制方案。