Group controllability of two-time-scale multi-agent networks

As a basic concept in modern control theory, controllability reveals the fundamental structural characteristics of a dynamic system, and it also plays an important part in the analysis and control of a dynamic system. With the increasing complexity of multi-agent systems, the multi-agent networks can be divided into some subnetworks in terms of time scales. This paper concentrates on the group controllability of two-time-scale multi-agent networks, establishes the necessary and sufficient criterion of group controllability based on singular perturbation methods, and deduces easy-to-use group controllability criteria by using matrix theory and graph theory. Lastly, a simulation example is presented to illustrate the effectiveness of the proposed methods.