Optimization of Communication Network Topology in Distributed Control Systems Subject to Prescribed Decay Rate

• Published in: IEEE transactions on cybernetics Vol. 51; no. 8; pp. 4277 - 4285
• Main Authors: Gaeini, Nozhatalzaman, Moradi Amani, Ali, Jalili, Mahdi, Yu, Xinghuo
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States IEEE 01.08.2021; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Closed loop systems; Combinatorial analysis; Control systems; Cost function; Decay rate; Decentralized control; distributed control; Distributed control systems; eigenvalue optimization problem; Eigenvalues; Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions; Equivalence; large-scale systems; Network topologies; Optimal control; Optimization; sparsity-promoting optimal control; Transient response

In this paper, we propose a simple cohesive framework to find an optimal directed control network topology with minimum number of links while a prescribed decay rate is satisfied in the transient response of a distributed control system. In order to guarantee the system's decay rate to be faste...