Guaranteed Stability Margins for Decentralized Linear Quadratic Regulators
Systems and Control
2023-05-29 v2 Systems and Control
Optimization and Control
Abstract
It is well-known that linear quadratic regulators (LQR) enjoy guaranteed stability margins, whereas linear quadratic Gaussian regulators (LQG) do not. In this letter, we consider systems and compensators defined over directed acyclic graphs. In particular, there are multiple decision-makers, each with access to a different part of the global state. In this setting, the optimal LQR compensator is dynamic, similar to classical LQG. We show that when sub-controller input costs are decoupled (but there is possible coupling between sub-controller state costs), the decentralized LQR compensator enjoys similar guaranteed stability margins to classical LQR. However, these guarantees disappear when cost coupling is introduced.
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@article{arxiv.2304.07576,
title = {Guaranteed Stability Margins for Decentralized Linear Quadratic Regulators},
author = {Mruganka Kashyap and Laurent Lessard},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2304.07576},
year = {2023}
}