Bipartite containment control of multi‐agent systems under DoS attacks: an event‐triggered scheme

Abstract This paper investigates the problem of bipartite containment control for multi‐agent systems (MASs) under denial‐of‐service (DoS) attacks with event‐triggered scheme. The DoS attacks can cause disruptions to communication channels, suspending or crashing services. In order to minimize the impact of the attacks on the control process, this paper introduces a bipartite containment control protocol with a resilient event‐triggered scheme, which enables the MASs not only to resist DoS attacks but also to optimize the utilization of resources and accomplish the control target. After considering the previous, the paper suggests a new observer to estimate the state of agents in order to cope with the unmeasurable state of MASs. Moreover, Zeno behavior avoidance is rendered more effective by the introduction of a positive constant in the event‐triggered function. At last, simulation data and results are given, thus verifying the feasibility of solving the bipartite containment problem under DoS attacks.