富兰克林审稿意见Ms.Ref.No.: FI-D-14-00967Title:DistributedFinite-timeAttitudeContainmentControlofMulti-rigid-bodySystemsJournaloftheFranklinInstituteDearDr.LongMa,Reviewershavenowcommentedonyourpaperand,basedontherecommendationoftheAssociateEditorhandlingyourpaper,Iwouldadviseyoutoreviseyourmanuscript.Ifyouarepreparedtoundertaketheworkrequired,Iwouldbepleasedtoreconsidermydecision. Foryourguidance,reviewers'commentsareappendedbelow. Pleaseusethesecommentstoreviseandresubmitwithin120daysfromthedateofthisletter. Pleasebeawareifwedonotreceiveyourrevisionwithin120dayswewillconsideryourpaperrejected.Ifyoudecidetorevisethework,pleasesubmitalistofchangesorarebuttalagainsteachpointwhichisbeingraisedwhenyousubmittherevisedmanuscript.Tosubmitarevision,pleasegotoYourusernameis:mlong_301@163.comIfyouneedtoretrievepassworddetails,pleasegoto:OnyourMainMenupageisafolderentitled"SubmissionsNeedingRevision".Youwillfindyoursubmissionrecordthere.Pleasenotethatthisjournaloffersanew,freeservicecalledAudioSlides:brief,webcast-stylepresentationsthatareshownnexttopublishedarticlesonScienceDirect(seealso).Ifyourpaperisacceptedforpublication,youwillautomaticallyreceiveaninvitationtocreateanAudioSlidespresentation.Yourssincerely,MichaelV.Basin,Dr.SeniorEditorJournaloftheFranklinInstituteReviewer/Editorcomments:AssociateEditor:Threeindividualreviewshavebeencollected.Tworeviewersthinkthepapercontainsinterestingmaterialsandthepapercouldbeacceptedafteraminorrevision.However,onereviewerpointsoutthattherearenoclearadvantagescomparedwith[16].Accordingtothereviewers'comments,Isuggesttheauthorsmakeathoroughrevision,especiallyshowtheadvantageoftheresultsandmethodsincomparisonwith[16].Reviewer#1:Thepaperinvestigatesthedistributedfinite-timeattitudecontainmentcontrolproblemformulti-rigid-bodysystemswithstationaryanddynamicleadersunderdirectedgraphs.Inmyopinion,thetopicofthepaperisinteresting.Thepaperisacceptableforpublicationprovidedthatthefollowingcommentsareconsideredforrevision.(1)Thereareseveraltypingandgrammarerrors.Theauthorsshouldcheckthepapercarefullyandcorrectallpossibleerrors.(2)Theauthorsmayaddsomecommentsonthecomparisonwiththeexistingcontainmentprotocolsofmulti-rigid-bodysystems.(3)PleasegivethedirectionofyourfutureworkinthesectionofConclusion.Reviewer#2:Thispaperconcernsdistributedfinite-timeattitudecontainmentcontrolproblemformultiplerigidbodies.Boththeregulationandtrackingcasesareconsideredandfinite-timeestimatorandcontrollersaredesigned.Overall,thispaperisclearlypresentedandsomeoftheideasarenewasfarasIknow.Ithinkthepaperisacceptableafterthefollowingcommentsareconsidered.Definefinite-timestabilityorfinite-timecooperativeregulationandcooperativetrackinginaproperway.Also,specifytheresultsarelocalorglobal.Theconvergencesoftheproposedalgorithmsaremorethanthedefinitionof(6)and(7).Youcanactuallyknowwherethestatesconvergetointheconvexhullspecifically.IbelieveLemma4isfirstprovenin[16].Theassumptionthattheleaders'attitudesandthefirst-orderandsecond-orderderivativesareallboundedneedstobewrittenasaformalassumption.Thenotationof\rho^(1)needstobeclarifyafter(11).InRemark3,theauthorsmentionthat[16]isnotpreferablebecauseitistransformedintoalinear-likedynamics.However,infact,thenonlineartermsintroducedin(25)and(13)havethesimilareffects.Insuchacompensationway,theclosed-loopsystemofthecurrentpaperisalsoreducedalinear-likedynamics,whichcanbealsoseenfromtheproofsofTheorems1and2.Idon'tseetheessentialdifferencehere,andthereforerecommendnotmentioningRemark3.Areyousurethereisseparationprincipleproposedin[28]?Whatisp_iin(25)?Reviewer#3:Thispaperproposesadistributedfinite-timeattitudecontainmentcontrolmethodofmulti-rigid-bodysystems.Thispaperisbasedon[16],butthenonlineardynamicsonattitudeisusedforadistributedcontrollerdesigninsteadofthetransformationtoLagrangeexpression.Theproperty(5)isemployedtodesignacontrollerwithoutthetransformation.However,therearenoclearadvantagescomparedwith[16].Thatis,usingacontrollerwithoutthetransformationdoesnothaveanymeritsinthesideofperformance,designsimplicity,andsoon.******************************************Forfurtherassistance,pleasevisitourcustomersupportsiteat,findanswerstofrequentlyaskedquestionsandlearnmoreaboutEESviainteractivetutorials.Youwillalsofindour24/7supportcontactdetailsshouldyouneedanyfurtherassistancefromoneofourcustomersupportrepresentatives.