Decentralized control of unstable systems and quadratically invariant information constraints

• Published in: 42nd IEEE International Conference on Decision and Control (IEEE Cat. No.03CH37475) Vol. 3; pp. 2865 - 2871 Vol.3
• Main Authors: Rotkowitz, M., Lall, S.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 2003
• Subjects: Centralized control; Constraint optimization; Control system synthesis; Control systems; Distributed control; Feedback; Optimal control; Quadratic programming; Space vehicles; Strain control

We consider the problem of constructing decentralized control systems for unstable plants. We formulate this problem as one of minimizing the closed-loop norm of a feedback system subject to constraints on the controller structure, and explore which problems are amenable to convex synthesis. For sta...