Event-Triggered Data-Driven Iterative Learning Control for Nonlinear MASs Under Switching Topologies

This article aims to address the problem of distributed model-free adaptive iterative learning control for nonlinear discrete-time multiagent systems under switching topologies. To save valuable bandwidth in the wireless channel without sacrificing system performance, an event-triggered iterative learning control strategy is established and employed, where information is only transmitted at triggered instants. First, by virtue of the dynamic linearization technology, the controlled system can be converted into a linear model to construct the controller structure. Second, a model-free adaptive iterative learning consensus control scheme is proposed merely employing the input and output data, in which better tracking performance can be attained by learning the previous experience. Third, a dynamic event-triggered mechanism along the iteration domain is set up to deal with the limited bandwidth issue, effectively saving communication resources. Unlike most model-free adaptive control results, the constructed distributed controller is designed based on controller-dynamic-linearization approach to deal with the controller structure design issue without designing the cost function, making it more convenient in solving tracking control issues for multiagent systems under iteration-switching communication topologies, which is more suitable for the actual environment. Using graph theory and the contraction mapping principle, the convergence of tracking control errors is theoretically analyzed. Ultimately, the effectiveness of the established control schemes is illustrated through two simulation examples.