ABSTRACT This paper investigates the bipartite output consensus (BOC) problem for heterogeneous linear multi‐agent systems based on the direct data‐driven control framework. In contrast to the majority of existing BOC results, a direct data‐driven control scheme is adopted when follower dynamics are unknown, eliminating the need for a system model during gain design. In particular, the data obtained from the auxiliary system are employed for estimating the system matrix of the leader. Moreover, since some followers cannot communicate with the leader directly, distributed observers are constructed to estimate the leader state. In addition, the explicit expressions for the data‐driven solutions of the regulator equations are derived by leveraging data informativity conditions. The necessary and sufficient conditions for the data to be informative with respect to the stabilization of the error system are established. Ultimately, a simulation example is given to verify the validity of the derived results.
Gu et al. (Thu,) studied this question.